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STATE PROFILE

1. Land Profile:

   • Geographical Area : 79.70 lakh ha
   • Cultivable Area : 38 lakh ha
   • Net Shown Area : 25 - 26 lakh ha
   • Rainfall : 1300 mm (Normal)
   • No. of Districts - 24
   • No. of Blocks - 263

2. Major Crops : Paddy, Wheat, Maize, Pulses, Oilseeds & Horticultural Crops

   S No.	Crops	Area (000 ha)	Production (000 MT)
   1.	Rice	1763.548	5322.269
   2.	Wheat	225.09	469.408
   3.	Maize	278.032	606.424
   4.	Pulses (Arhar, Urad, Moong, Gram etc.)	866.364	898.567
   5.	Oilseed (Mustard, Niger, Til, Groundnut etc.)	494.405	393.546
   6	Fruits	83.853	859.008
   7	Vegetable	295.273	4196.700
   8	Cashew Nut	19.659	9.858

3. Minor Crops : Maize, Arhar, Urad, Moong, Wheat, Gram, Mustard

4. Constraints:

   • Run off loss and soil erosion and Low level of irrigation.
   • Mono Cropping.
   • Cultivation of waste land.
   • Lack of Organized marketing facilities.
   • Soil Acidity and poor soil condition.
   • Increase in kharif area/area expansion-Coverage of fallow land, increase in pulses, oil seed and coarse cereals area Inadequate seed.
   • Low Farm mechanization
   • Low credit/insurance
   • Poor infrastructure for post harvest and value addition.

5. Achievements:

   • Increase in paddy productivity (from 20 q/ha to 30 q/ha)
   • Increase in paddy production (32 lakh ton to 44 lakh ton).
   • Increase in area under pulses from 4.66 lakha ha to 5.90 lakhs ha.
   • Increase in production under pulses from 4.12 lakh ton to 5.90 lakh ton.
   • Increase in Rabi area from 5.92 lakh ha to 6.12 lakh ha.
   • Promotion of notified hybrid – 60000 qtl paddy seed distributed (4.28 lakh ha)
   • Construction of 6000 MT godown in each district.
   • Agriculture Technology Information Center (ATIC) in each block.
   • Participation of 2.400 lakh farmers of Jharkhand in Krishi Mahotsov ratha yatra from 27 May- 12th June, 2015
   • Massive Seed treatment campaign in each block and panchayat
   • Renovation of Govt. tank-861 no.
   • Construction of new pond and check dam-1982no.

6. Thrust Areas identified by State Government.

   • Soil water conservation and increase in irrigation potential
   • Irrigation infrastructure tie up with other departments
   • Promotion of Soil Amendment for acidic soil, Soil Health Card
   • Increase in Rabi area.
   • Area Expansion in Kharif- coverage of fallow land.
   • Promotion of Oilseed and Pulses
   • Enhancement of area under cashew production.
   • Rainfed Horticulture
   • Quality Seed production and distribution.
   • Seed Production in Seed multiplication farm, Seed Village
   • Promotion of SRI and Hybrid Rice programme.
   • Promotion of Kisan Credit Card to farmers.
   • Coverage National Agriculture Insurance Scheme
   • Farm Mechanization (Equipment bank for custom hiring).
   • Coverage of waste land with horticultural/plantation crop
   • Promotion of Solar Power.

Coverage, Production and Productivity of Different crops of Jharkhand

Paddy

Maize

Pulses

Oilseeds