SEED ROLLING PLAN
TELANGANA STATE
2017-18 to 2020-2021
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
INDEX
S.No. / Particulars / Annexure No. / Page No.
I / Introduction
II / Crop-wise Seed Requirement Plan 2017-18 to 2020-21 - Kharif / I
III / Crop-wise Seed Requirement Plan 2017-18 to 2020-21 - Rabi / II
IV / Crop-Variety – wise Seed Production Plan 2017-18 to 2020-21 Kharif / III
V / Advance arrangement to meet shortfall in production as per Annexure-III / IV
VI / Crop-Variety – wise Seed Production Plan 2017-18 to 2020-21 Rabi / V
VII / Advance arrangement to meet shortfall in production as per Annexure-V / VI
VIII / Drought Contingency Plan 2017-18 to 2020-21 / VII
IX / Flood Contingency Plan 2017-18 to 2020-21 / VIII
SEED ROLLING PLAN FOR TELANGANA STATE
I. Introduction:
Telangana is endowed with excellent climatic conditions which are suitable for seed production of Paddy varieties, pulses, oil seeds and hybrids crops of Cotton, Sorghum, Maize, Bajra, Sunflower, Fodder Sorghum and vegetable crops. Best quality seed is produced due to congenial climate prevailing for seed production and the farmers have become expert in seed production of different crops over a period of four decades of seed production in Telangana State.
Hyderabad is the epicenter of many National and International Research institutes. There are ICAR and SAU research Institutes with number of qualified breeders/scientists engaged in Seed Research and Development of hybrids/varieties and bio-technology both in Public and Private sector.
There are many seed companies, including Multi-National seed companies engaged in seed production and many of them have developed R&D infrastructure facilities for evolving hybrids/ varieties to suit the requirements of the farmers.
Telangana State is involved in production and supply of good quality seed to farmers all over India and also to other countries. Around 40% of the hybrid seed marketed in the country is produced in Telangana. Remaining seed is being produced by the National Seed Corporation, State Seed Development Corporation and other Cooperatives.
Keeping the above aspects in view the Telangana State can be developed as the Seed Bowl of the country. This will help to produce quality seed of hybrids and varieties of various crops to meet the growing demand for quality seed within the State and outside the state.
The concept of developing Telangana State as Seed Bowl will help to produce quality seeds to meet the requirements of the country and also for export to other countries. The Seed Bowl concept will help to bring various agricultural institutes and departments to help in seed production for development of location specific hybrids / varieties, transgenic varieties, in different crops, along with maintaining the seed quality.
Hybrid cotton seed production is primarily taken up in the districts of Mahaboobnagar during Kharif season. Hybrid Seed production of Sorghum, Bajra, Sunflower and Paddy is taken up in Rabi season. The hybrid Maize seed production is mainly taken up in parts of Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Medak districts. The expertise gained by seed growers is also contributing to the production of quality seeds in the state. As such there is lot of scope for expanding seed production activity in the state.
II. Seed Production Plan to Develop State as Seed Bowl:
Seed is the most critical of all agricultural inputs and determines the performance and efficiency of other inputs for enhancing productivity and production and thereby income of the farmers. It is therefore, essential that quality seeds with good genetic potential appropriate to the agro-climatic conditions are produced in sufficient quantity at affordable price and made available to the farmers timely for achieving higher agricultural production.
Supply of quality seed is not a one-time affair. Three seasons are required for production of Certified seed from the Breeder seed. Lot of planning is required to ensure that right crop variety is available to the farmers at the right time. There is need to replace the existing seeds (SRR) at the rate of 33% for self pollinated crops, 50% for cross pollinated crops and 100% for hybrids to achieve the food production target of the future. Therefore it is planned to increase present SRR to 100% SRR in the next five years.
Agriculture is also often affected by natural calamities situations of different magnitude and type, such as flood, drought, cyclones etc., when the normal seasonal Kharif/Rabi agricultural sowings are affected. In order to salvage the season the farmers go in for sowing of contingency crops. The contingency plan may also be affected due to non-availability of seeds of appropriate short duration crop variety. Therefore there is a need to create Seed Bank wherein seeds for contingent situations can be stored for use during unforeseen and unwarranted seasonal conditions.
III. Stages of Seed Production:
Seed Production and distribution is a continuous process. To produce quality/certified seed and to develop State as Seed Bowl, a long term Seed Production Plan is required by involving various Research Institutions, Government Department/ Agencies and Private Seed Producing Agencies. There are three stages of seed production which are to be strengthened to produce required quantity of certified seed and to develop each village as a Seed Village.
1. Breeder seed: is produced and supplied by the SAU and ICAR Institutes.
2. Foundation seed: The Breeder seed will be procured and multiplied into Foundation seed by the TSSDC, NSC, SSF, OILFED, HACA and Private Seed Companies.
3. Certified seed: The Foundation seed is further multiplied to certified seed by TSSDC, NSC, SVP, OILFED, HACA and Private Seed Companies.
The Private Companies are involved in the production of low volume and high value Hybrid crops seeds such as Cotton, Maize, Sunflower, Jowar, Bajra and Castor and also Paddy.
The Government sector are mainly concentrating on production of high volume and low value crop seeds of notified varieties of Paddy, Jowar, Redgram, Green gram, Black gram, Bengal gram, Groundnut, Castor and Sesamum.
IV. Long Term Seed Production Plan:
A long term Seed Production Plan is prepared based on the certified seed requirement of the state for the targeted area for the next four years in terms of achieving 100% Seed Replacement Rate (SRR). Accordingly seed production requirement is prepared by calculating the requirement of various class of seed such as Breeder seed, Foundation seed and Certified seed for 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21.
1. Areas projected for the next four years (lakh ha): Annexure-I & Annexure-II
The year wise areas projected for the next four years Kharif (Annexure-I) and Rabi (Annexure-II) is as detailed below:
Component / Normal Area / Targetarea
2017-18 / Target
Area
2018-19 / Target Area 2019-20 / Target Area 2020-21
Kharif Area (Lakh ha) / 43.24 / 43.58 / 44.45 / 45.34 / 46.52
Rabi Area (Lakh ha) / 12.11 / 15.05 / 15.8 / 16.59 / 17.42
The crop wise season wise areas projected for the next four years is detailed in Annexure – I and Annexure-II.
2. Certified seed required for next four years for targeted area:
The total certified seed required for the targeted areas for the next four years is as detailed below;
(qty in qtl)
Total C/S Requirement / 2017-18 / 2018-19 / 2019-20 / 2020-21Kharif / 886860 / 904597 / 922689 / 941143
Rabi / 744945 / 782192 / 821302 / 862367
Total / 1631805 / 1686789 / 1743991 / 1803510
The crop wise season wise quantity of certified seed required based on the projected areas for the next four years is detailed in Annexure – I and Annexure-II.
3. Certified seed required and expected to be produced for next four years for targeted area
The Certified seed required for the next four years and the quantity expected to be produced by different seed producing agencies such as DOA, SSC, NSC, Private etc is as detailed below.
S.No. / Crop / Total Production Required for 2017-18 Normal / Total Expected Production for 2017-18 / Total Shortfall/ Excess2017-18 / 2018-19 / 2019-20 / 2020-21 / 2017-18 / 2018-19 / 2019-20 / 2020-21 / 2017-18 / 2018-19 / 2019-20 / 2020-21
1 / Paddy / 905200 / 936060 / 970117 / 992226 / 1158924 / 1054541 / 1072350 / 1053238 / 253724 / 118481 / 102233 / 61012
2 / Maize / 128025 / 131919 / 135408 / 137019 / 269500 / 239200 / 244700 / 266500 / 141475 / 107281 / 109292 / 129481
3 / Sorghum / 10700 / 10524 / 10860 / 11210 / 20500 / 21900 / 23800 / 22600 / 9800 / 11376 / 12940 / 11390
4 / Bajra / 400 / 416 / 434 / 451 / 620 / 650 / 800 / 830 / 220 / 234 / 366 / 379
5 / Ragi / 40 / 41 / 42 / 42 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 / 35 / 39 / 43 / 48
6 / Red Gram / 49550 / 49418 / 50554 / 51112 / 55834 / 55717 / 56187 / 58017 / 6284 / 6299 / 5633 / 6905
7 / Blackgram / 10900 / 11658 / 13226 / 12002 / 27676 / 31305 / 34905 / 35959 / 16776 / 19647 / 21679 / 23957
8 / Greengram / 26800 / 27880 / 28976 / 27588 / 29500 / 33200 / 35200 / 37200 / 2700 / 5320 / 6224 / 9612
9 / Bengalgram / 81050 / 84853 / 89045 / 93237 / 107750 / 109250 / 110750 / 123750 / 26700 / 24397 / 21705 / 30513
10 / Groundnut / 266500 / 274590 / 288264 / 300551 / 291300 / 294833 / 306333 / 311333 / 24800 / 20243 / 18069 / 10782
11 / Soybean / 160000 / 164120 / 167802 / 165548 / 161040 / 169160 / 169040 / 167540 / 1040 / 5040 / 1238 / 1992
12 / Sesamum / 1160 / 1218 / 1268 / 1320 / 1500 / 1550 / 1600 / 1900 / 340 / 332 / 332 / 580
13 / Sunflower / 1050 / 1100 / 1151 / 1206 / 1200 / 1350 / 1500 / 1800 / 150 / 250 / 349 / 594
14 / Safflower / 700 / 735 / 772 / 810 / 950 / 1100 / 1200 / 1250 / 250 / 365 / 428 / 440
15 / Castor / 4250 / 3725 / 3800 / 3878 / 4550 / 3860 / 3860 / 3960 / 300 / 135 / 60 / 82
16 / Cotton / 18600 / 18972 / 19351 / 19738 / 19000 / 19300 / 19600 / 20000 / 400 / 328 / 249 / 262
Total / 1664925 / 1717229 / 1781070 / 1817938 / 2149919 / 2036996 / 2081910 / 2105967 / 484994 / 319767 / 300840 / 288029
There is no shortfall in expected production for all the crops for coming four years in Telangana State. The agency wise details of certified seed expected to be produced is detailed in Annexure III for kharif 2017 to Kharif 2020 and Annexure V for Rabi 2017-18 to Rabi 2020-21.
4. Advance arrangement to meet shortfall in production:
The advance arrangement to meet shortfall in production in case of shortfall if any will be met by the TSSDC and is shown in Annexure IV for Kharif 2017 to Kharif 2020 and Annexure VI for Rabi 2017-18 to Rabi 2020-21
5. Drought Contingency Plan:
Drought Contingency Plan has been prepared for four years 2017 to 2020 for Early season, mid season and Late season. The details are given in Annexure-VII
6. Flood Contingency Plan:
Flood Contingency Plan has been prepared for four years 2017 to 2020 for Early season, mid season and Late season. The details are given in Annexure-VIII
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