Annadaatha

Agriculture issues

NRMP(ICRISAT) Director Visits Collaborative Research Program at Palem! (19/9/2001)

Dr. Barry I. Shapiro, Director, NRMP, visited the on-going collaborative research program at the Regional Agricultural Research Station of the Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) at Palem, Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, India on 19 September.

Sorghum and castor-based systems are the major rainfed cropping systems of the Southern Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. The productivity of these systems is very low (around 0.5 t ha^-1)due to low and variable rainfall and nutrient poor soils. A collaborative research project between ICRISAT, ANGRAU & FAO/IAEA on Management of nitrogen and evaluation of water use efficiency in traditional and improved cropping systems of Southern Telangana Region was started during 1999.

The objectives of the research are to develop options for improving the N and P nutrition and water use efficiency of dryland cropping systems in this region and to evaluate alternatives to the traditional sorghum and castor-based systems. The project includes studies of the constraints that limit farmers’ crop productivity and capacity to adopt technologies. The on-station research is mainly strategic in nature addressing the constraints such as water and nutrients. Promising alternatives from the strategic research are being tried in farmers fields of two nearby villages. We plan to use modeling to extrapolate these results to a larger area in the eco-region.

Dr. Shapiro interacted with the collaborating scientists of ANGRAU and the farmers (right). He was pleased with the progress of the research and he gave valuable suggestions – to include economic analysis of the traditional and improved systems in the farmers fields, and to accommodate both farmers and improved crop varieties for meeting both fodder needs of the farmer and higher grain productivity.

ÈKX¶ý èïÊo ²Ä’¹Õ©ð ÆCµÂ¹ C’¹Õ-¦-œ¿Õ-©Â¹× „çÕ©-¹×-«©Õ
ÆÍŒa¢-æX{, W¯þ 12 (ÊÖu®ý-{Õœä): ‚£¾Éª½ X¾¢{©ðx «J ÅŒª½Õ-„ÃÅŒ èïÊo «áÈu-„çÕiÊ X¾¢{. «ªÃ¥-ŸµÄ-ª½¢’à X¾¢œË¢Íä‚£¾Éª½ ŸµÄÊuX¾Û X¾¢{-©©ð èïÊo ÆCµ-¹¢’à ²Ä’¹Õ Æ«Û-Åî¢C. èïÊo X¾¢{ÊÕ ŸµÄÊu¢, ÍíX¾p Â¢ ²Ä’¹Õ Íä²Ähª½Õ. ’¹ÅŒ Âí¯äo-@ÁÙx’à èïÊoÆGµ-«%Cl´ Â¢ ‡¯îo X¾J-¬ð-Ÿµ¿-Ê©Õ Íä®Ï ¬Ç®¾Y-„ä-ÅŒh©Õ ÆCµÂ¹ C’¹Õ-¦-œË-EÍäa ª½ÂÃ-©ÊÕ ª½Ö¤ñ¢-C¢-ÍÃ-ª½E ÆÍŒa¢-æX{ ‡.œË.‡. ÆX¾p´-©ï-Dl¯þ Æ£¾ÇtŸþ ÅçL-¤Äª½Õ. ‚§ŒÕÊ 'ÊÖu®ý-{Õ-œäÑÅî «ÖšÇx-œ¿ÕÅŒÖ ÈKX¶ý èïÊo §ŒÖ•-«ÖÊu X¾Ÿ¿l´-ÅŒÕ-©ÊÕ N«-J¢-Íê½Õ. ÆCµÂ¹ C’¹Õ-¦œË èïÊo ª½ÂÃ-©ÊÕ ª½Ö¤ñ¢-C¢-ÍŒ-œ¿¢©ð ¬Ç®¾Y-„ä-ÅŒh©Õ “X¾Åäu¹ “¬ÁŸ¿l´ÊÕ B®¾Õ-¹×-¯Ãoª½Õ. ÆCµÂ¹ C’¹Õ-¦-œË-EÍäa ª½ÂÃ©Õ ÅŒyª½’à ÂîÅŒÂ¹× «²Ähªá. „çṈ©Õ Ō¹׈« ‡ÅŒÕh ¹LT …¢šÇªá. «ªÃ¥-¦µÇ« X¾J-®Ïn-ÅŒÕ-©ÊÕ ÅŒ{Õd-Â¹×¯ä ¬ÁÂËh, ¤ò†¾Â¹ X¾ŸÄ-ªÃn© NE-§çÖ-’¹¢©ð ÆCµÂ¹ ²Ä«Õª½nu¢ ¹LT…¢šÇªá.
²Ä’¹ÕÂ¹× ÆÊÕ-„çjÊ ª½ÂéÕ
ÈKX¶ý ®Ô•-¯þ©ð èïÊo ²Ä’¹ÕÂ¹× XÏ.‡-®ý.N.Ð1, XÏ.‡-®ý.N.Ð16, ®Ï.‡-®ý.N.Ð15(‡®ý.-XÏ.N.946) Æ¯ä ª½ÂÃ-©Åî ¤Ä{Õ XÏ.‡-®ý.-å£ÇÍý.Ð1, ®Ï.‡-®ý.-å£ÇÍý.Ð9, ®Ï.‡-®ý.-å£ÇÍý.Ð13, ®Ï.‡-®ý.-å£ÇÍý.Ð16 Ưä å£jÇ“Gœþ ª½ÂÃ©Õ ÆÊÕ-¹Ø-©¢’à …¢šÇªá.
XÏ.‡-®ý.N.Ð1 ª½Â¹¢
¤Ä©ã¢ “¤Ä¢B§ŒÕ «u«-²Ä§ŒÕ X¾J-¬ðŸµ¿Ê ꢓŸ¿¢ ¬Ç®¾Y-„ä-ÅŒh©Õ 1997©ð ¨ ª½Â¹¢ NÅŒh-¯Ã-©ÊÕ Nœ¿Õ-Ÿ¿© Íä¬Çª½Õ. 105 ÊÕ¢* 110 ªîV©ðx X¾¢{ ÍäAÂË «®¾Õh¢C. „çṈ©Õ 180 ÊÕ¢* 200 客.OÕ. ‡ÅŒÕh åXJT Ÿ¿¢{Õ «ÕŸµ¿u-®¾n¢’à …¢{Õ¢C. X¾¢{ C’¹Õ-¦œËå£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 30 ÊÕ¢* 35 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx, ÍíX¾p C’¹Õ-¦œË 80 ÊÕ¢* 90 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx «®¾Õh¢C. ¦ã{dÊÕ, “ÂËNÕ ÂÌ{-ÂÃ-©ÊÕ Âí¢ÅŒ-«-ª½Â¹× ÅŒ{Õd-¹ע-{Õ¢C.
XÏ.‡-®ý.N.Ð16 ª½Â¹¢
¨ \œÄC ¤Ä©ã¢ “¤Ä¢B§ŒÕ «u«-²Ä§ŒÕ X¾J-¬ðŸµ¿Ê ꢓŸ¿¢ ÊÕ¢* ¨ ª½Â¹¢ NÅŒh-¯ÃEo Nœ¿Õ-Ÿ¿© Í䧌Õ-šÇ-EÂË \ªÃp{Õx Íä¬Çª½Õ. 105 ÊÕ¢* 110 ªîV©ðx X¾¢{ ÍäAÂË «®¾Õh¢C. 235ÊÕ¢* 250 客.OÕ. ‡ÅŒÕh åXJT Ÿ¿¢{Õ «ÕŸµ¿u-®¾n¢’à …¢{Õ¢C. X¾¢{ C’¹Õ-¦œË å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 32 ÊÕ¢* 36 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx, ÍíX¾p C’¹Õ-¦œË 120 ÊÕ¢* 140 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx «®¾Õh¢C. ¦ã{dÅî ¤Ä{Õ ¦ÖV Åç’¹Õ-©ÕÊÕ Âí¢ÅŒ-«-ª½Â¹× ÅŒ{Õd-Âî-’¹-©Õ-’¹Õ-ŌբC.
®Ï.‡-®ý.N.15(‡®ý.-XÏ.N.Ð546)
¨ X¾¢{ 110 ªîV©ðx ÍäAÂË «®¾Õh¢C. 200 ÊÕ¢* 220 客.OÕ. ‡ÅŒÕh åXJT Ÿ¿¢{Õ «ÕŸµ¿u-®¾n¢’à ©Ç«Û’à …¢{Õ¢C.X¾¢{ C’¹Õ-¦œË å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 30 ÊÕ¢* 35 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx «®¾Õh¢C. ÍíX¾p C’¹Õ-¦œË 90 ÊÕ¢* 100 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx «®¾Õh¢C. NNŸµ¿ ª½Âé <œ¿-XÔ-œ¿-©ÊÕ ÅŒ{Õd-Âî-’¹-©Õ-’¹Õ-ŌբC.
‡®ý.-XÏ.-å£ÇÍý.Ð843
¨ å£jÇ“Gœþ ª½ÂÃEo ¤Ä©ã¢ ÊÕ¢* 1997©ð Nœ¿Õ-Ÿ¿© Íä¬Çª½Õ. 210 ÊÕ¢* 240 客.OÕ. ‡ÅŒÕh åXJT 100 ÊÕ¢* 110ªîV©ðx X¾¢{ ÂîÅŒÂ¹× «®¾Õh¢C. å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 45 ÊÕ¢* 50 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁxŸµÄÊu¢, 110 ÊÕ¢* 120 ÂËy¢šÇ@Áx ÍíX¾p C’¹Õ-¦œË «®¾Õh¢C.
®Ï.‡-®ý.-å£ÇÍý.Ð9
¨ ª½Â¹¢ X¾¢{ 110 ÊÕ¢* 115 ªîV©ðx ÂîÅŒÂ¹× «®¾Õh¢C. ƒC 160 ÊÕ¢* 180 客.OÕ. ‡ÅŒÕh åXJT Ÿ¿¢{Õ «ÕŸµ¿u-®¾n¢’à …¢{Õ¢C. T¢•©Õ Åç©Õ-X¾Û-ª½¢’¹Õ ¹LT …¢šÇªá. X¾¢{ C’¹Õ-¦œË å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 35 ÊÕ¢* 40 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx, ÍíX¾p C’¹Õ-¦œË 70 ÊÕ¢* 80 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx «®¾Õh¢C. “ÂËNÕ ÂÌ{-Âé ÊÕ¢* Âí¢ÅŒ-«-ª½Â¹× ÅŒ{Õd-Âî-’¹-©Õ-’¹Õ-ŌբC.
®Ï.‡-®ý.-å£ÇÍý.Ð13 (‡®ý.-XÏ.-å£ÇÍý.Ð504)
¨ X¾¢{ 110 ÊÕ¢* 115 ªîV©ðx ÍäAÂË «®¾Õh¢C. 180 ÊÕ¢* 200 客.OÕ. ‡ÅŒÕh åXJT Ÿ¿¢{Õ «ÕŸµ¿u-®¾n¢’à ©Ç«Û’à …¢{Õ¢C. X¾¢{ C’¹Õ-¦œË å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 30 ÊÕ¢* 40 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx «®¾Õh¢C. “ÂËNÕ ÂÌ{-ÂÃ-©ÊÕ Âí¢ÅŒ-«-ª½Â¹× ÅŒ{Õd-Â¹×¯ä ¬ÁÂËh ¹LT…¢{Õ¢C.
®Ï.‡-®ý.-å£ÇÍý.Ð16
¨ X¾¢{ 110 ªîV©ðx ÂîÅŒÂ¹× «®¾Õh¢C. 190ÊÕ¢* 210 客.OÕ. ‡ÅŒÕh åXJT Ÿ¿¢{Õ «ÕŸµ¿u-®¾n¢’à ©Ç«Û’à …¢{Õ¢C.X¾¢{ C’¹Õ-¦œË å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 42 ÊÕ¢* 43 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx, ÍíX¾p C’¹Õ-¦œË 95 ÊÕ¢* 100 ÂËy¢šÇ@ÁÙx «®¾Õh¢C. “ÂËNÕ-ÂÌ-{-Âé ¦ÇJ ÊÕ¢* ÅŒ{Õd-Âî-’¹-©Ÿ¿Õ.
ÆÊÕ-„çjÊ ¯ä©©Õ
ÈKX¶ý èïÊo X¾¢{Â¹× ‡“ª½ ¯ä©©Õ, ‡“ª½ ’¹ª½X¾ ¯ä©©Õ, ÅäL-¹-¤ÄšË ¯ä©©Õ ÆÊÕ-¹Ø-©-„çÕi-ÊN. Íøœ¿Õ ¦µ¼Ö«á©ðx X¾¢{ ²Ä’¹Õ Í䧌Õ-ªÃŸ¿Õ. ¤ñ©¢©ð Fª½Õ E©Õ« …¢œ¿-¹עœÄ ֮͌¾Õ-Âî-„ÃL.
Ÿ¿ÕÂˈ
å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 10 {ÊÕo© X¾¬ÁÙ-«Û© ‡ª½Õ«Û „ä®Ï ¦µ¼ÖNÕ©ð ¹Læ®{{Õx ¦Ç’à Ÿ¿Õ¯ÃoL. ‚ ÅŒª½Õ-„ÃÅŒ 骢œ¿Õ «âœ¿Õ X¾ªÃu-§ŒÖ©Õ ’퓪½Õ, ’¹Õ¢{Õ-¹-©Åî Ÿ¿Õ¯ÃoL. ¹©ÕX¾Û „çṈ©Õ ©ä¹עœÄ èÇ“’¹-ÅŒh©Õ B®¾Õ-Âî-„ÃL.
NÅäh Âé¢
W¯þ ¯ç©©ð «ªÃ¥©Õ „ç៿-©ãjÊ „ç¢{¯ä NÅŒÕh-Âî-„ÃL. ¨¯ç© ‚Ȫ½Õ «ª½Â¹× X¾¢{ÊÕ NÅŒÕh-Âî-«ÍŒÕa. NÅŒhœ¿¢ ‚©®¾u¢ ƪáÅä „çá«Ûy ÍŒ¢X¾Û ¨’¹ «©x X¾¢{ Ÿç¦s-A¯ä Æ«-ÂìÁ¢ …¢{Õ¢C.
NÅäh NŸµÄÊ¢
å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 8 ÊÕ¢* 10 ÂË©ð© NÅŒhÊ¢ „Ü˫ª½Õ-®¾© «ÕŸµ¿u 45 客.OÕ., „çṈ© «ÕŸµ¿u 12 ÊÕ¢* 15 客.OÕ. Ÿ¿Öª½¢ …¢œä©Ç ’퓪½ÕÅî NÅÃhL. å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 1.50 ©Â¹~© ÊÕ¢* 1.80©Â¹~© «ª½Â¹× „çṈ©Õ …¢œä©Ç ֮͌¾Õ-Âî-„ÃL. ƹˆ-œ¿-¹ˆœ¿ „çṈ©Õ «ÅŒÕh’à …Êo-{x-ªáÅä NAhÊ 15 ÊÕ¢* 20 ªîV-©©ð X¾©Õ-ÍŒÊ Í䧌ÖL.
NÅŒh-Ê-¬ÁÙCl´
ÂË©ð NÅŒh-¯Ã-©Â¹× «âœ¿Õ “’ë᩠Ÿ±çjªÃ„þÕ ©äŸÄÂÃu¤Äd¯þ «Õ¢Ÿ¿ÕÊÕ Â¹LXÏ NÅŒhÊ ¬ÁÙCl´ Íäæ®h ÂÃ{Õ¹ Åç’¹Õ©Õ, ¦ÖV Åç’¹Õ-©ÕÊÕ ÆJ-¹-{d-«ÍŒÕa.
ª½²Ä-§ŒÕ-E¹ ‡ª½Õ-«Û©Õ
èïÊo X¾¢{Â¹× Ê“ÅŒ-•E, ¦µÇ®¾yª½¢, ¤ñšÇ-†Ï§ŒÕ¢ «áÈu-„çÕiÊ ¤ò†¾Â¹ X¾ŸÄ-ªÃn©Õ. X¾¢{ NÅäh{-X¾Ûpœ¿Õ å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 30 ÂË©ð© Ê“ÅŒ-•E, 30 ÂË©ð© ¦µÇ®¾yª½¢ Æ«-®¾-ªÃEo ¦šËd30 ÂË©ð© «ª½Â¹× ¤ñšÇ-†Ï§ŒÕ¢EÍäa ª½²Ä-§ŒÕ-E¹ ‡ª½Õ-«Û©ÊÕ …X¾-§çÖ-T¢-ÍÃL. 25 ÊÕ¢ƒÍŒ 35 ªîV© ÅŒª½Õ-„ÃÅŒ åXjª½ÕÂ¹× ¦µ¼ÖNÕ©ð Åä«ÕÊÕ ¦šËd «ÕSx 30 ÂË©ð© Ê“ÅŒ-•-EE „䧌ÖL.
NÕ“¬Á«Õ X¾¢{
骢œ¿Õ ÍÃ@Áx èïÊo X¾¢{Â¹× ŠÂ¹ ÍÃ©Õ Â¹¢CX¾¢{ “X¾Âê½¢ NÅŒÕh¹ע˜ä X¾¢{ C’¹Õ-¦-œ¿Õ©Õ ’¹º-F-§ŒÕ¢’à åXJT ÆCµÂ¹ ‚ŸÄ-§ŒÖEo ¤ñ¢Ÿä Æ«-ÂìÁ¢ …¢{Õ¢C.
ƢŌª½ ¹%†Ï
NAhÊ 40 ªîV© «ª½Â¹× X¾¢{Â¹× Â¹©ÕX¾Û „çṈ©Õ ©ä¹עœÄ èÇ“’¹-ÅŒh©Õ B®¾Õ-Âî-„ÃL. „çÕ{x Ÿ¿¢ÅŒÕ-©©ð 骢œ¿Õ X¾ªÃu-§ŒÖ©Õ ¯ÃšËÊ 15 ÊÕ¢* 20 ªîV© ÅŒª½Õ-„ÃÅŒ ƢŌª½ ¹%†Ï Í䧌ÖL.
¹©ÕX¾Û E„Ã-ª½º «Õ¢Ÿ¿Õ©Õ
4 «¢Ÿ¿© M{ª½x FšË©ð 0.5 ÊÕ¢* ŠÂ¹ ÂË©ð Æ“šÇ->¯þ «Õ¢Ÿ¿Õ ¹LXÏ NAhÊ éª¢œ¿Õ ªîV-©©ð XÏ*-ÂÃJ Íäæ®h CyŸ¿@Á èÇA ¹©ÕX¾Û „çṈ-©ÊÕ E„Ã-J¢-ÍŒ-«ÍŒÕa.
X¾Ûª½Õ-’¹Õ© E„Ã-ª½º
*ª½Õ X¾¢{ Ÿ¿¬Á©ð „çá«y ÍŒ¢X¾Û ¨’¹, Â✿¢ Åí©ÕÍŒÕ X¾Ûª½Õ’¹Õ, ¹¢ÂË Ÿ¿¬Á©ð X¾ÍŒa X¾Ûª½Õ’¹Õ, «Õ®Ï ¹¢ÂË X¾Ûª½Õ’¹Õ, ©Ÿçl X¾Ûª½Õ-’¹Õ©Õ ‚P-²Ähªá. X¾¢{ *ª½Õ-¤ñ{d Ÿ¿¬Á©ð X¾Ûª½Õ-’¹Õ© E„Ã-ª½-ºÂ¹× ŠÂ¹ M{ª½Õ FšËÂË 2 NÕMx-M-{ª½x ‡¢œî-®¾-©Çp´¯þ «Õ¢Ÿ¿ÕÊÕ Â¹LXÏ X¾¢{åXj XÏ*-ÂÃK Í䧌ÖL. ¹¢ÂËåXj ‚P¢Íä X¾Ûª½Õ-’¹Õ© E„Ã-ª½-ºÂ¹× å£ÇÂÃd-ª½ÕÂ¹× 20 ÂË©ð© Âê½s-J©ü ¤ñœËE ¹¢Â¹×-©åXj ÍŒ©ÇxL.
Åç’¹Õ@Áx E„Ã-ª½º
‚¹×-«ÕÍŒa Åç’¹Õ©Õ, Åä¯ç-¦¢Â¹ Åç’¹Õ©Õ, T¢•åXj ¦ÖV Åç’¹Õ©Õ X¾¢{ÊÕ ‚P¢Íä Æ«-ÂìÁ¢ …¢C. ‚¹×-«ÕÍŒa Åç’¹Õ©Õ, Åä¯ç¦¢Â¹ Åç’¹Õ©Õ E„Ã-ª½Â¹×œçjŸ±ä¯þ ‡¢.Ð45 «Õ¢Ÿ¿ÕÊÕ ŠÂ¹ M{ª½Õ FšËÂË éª¢œ¿Õ “’ëá©Õ ¹LXÏ XÏ*-ÂÃK Í䧌ÖL. X¾C ªîV© «u«-CµÅî «Õªî²ÄJ ¨ «Õ¢Ÿ¿ÕÊÕ XÏ*-ÂÃK Í䧌ÖL. T¢•åXj «Íäa ¦ÖV Åç’¹Õ©Õ E„Ã-ª½-ºÂ¹× ÂÃu¤Äd¯þ 0.2 ¬ÇÅŒ¢ œçjŸ±ä¯þ ‡¢.Ð45, 0.2 ¬ÇÅŒ¢ «Õ¢Ÿ¿Õ-©ÊÕ Â¹LXÏ T¢• X¾{Õd Ÿ¿¬Á©ð, T¢• ’¹šËd-X¾œä Ÿ¿¬Á©ð ¹¢Â¹×-©åXj XÏ*-ÂÃK Í䧌ÖL.