Agriculture contingency plan for village Nirmal Pimpri under NICRA Project Activities

Condition

 

 

Suggested contingency measures

Early season   

 drought 

(delayed onset of monsoon)

 

Farming situation

Normal crops/cropping system

Change in crops/cropping system

Agronomics measures

Delayed by 2 week

 

4th week June (June end)

Shallow grey soil 

Bajra

 

-Bajra

-Bajra + red gram (2:1)

-bajra +mothbean

-basal dose of 25kg K20/ha

-two hoeing at 30 &45 DAS

 

Medium deep black soil

Soybean

-Soybean

-soybean + red gram (3:1/6:2)

Soybean+bajra (4:2)

Seed treatment with biofert. & trichoderma

 

 

Maize

Maize, fodder maize

-hoeing at 25 DAS

 

 

Fodder sorghum

Fodder sorghum

-Basal dose 50:50:40 N:P:K Kg/ha

 

 

Onion

Onion (phule Samarth, Baswant-780)

-Give protective irrigation

 

 

Deep black soil

As above

As above

 

 

Condition

 

 

Suggested contingency measures

Early season   

 drought 

(delayed onset of monsoon)

 

Farming situation

Normal crops/cropping system

Change in crops/cropping system

Agronomics measures

Delayed by 4 week

 

2nd  week July (15th July)

Shallow grey soil 

Bajra

 

-Bajra

-Bajra + red gram (2:1)

-bajra +moth bean

-basal dose of 25kg K20/ha

-two hoeing at 30 &45 DAS

 

Medium deep black soil

Soybean

-Soybean

-soybean + red gram (3:1/6:2)

Soybean + bajra (4:2)

Seed treatment with biofert. & trichoderma

 

 

Maize

Maize, fodder maize

-hoeing at 25 DAS

 

 

Fodder sorghum

Fodder sorghum

-Basal dose 50:50:40 N:P:K Kg/ha

 

 

Onion

Onion (phule Samarth, Baswant-780)

-Give protective irrigation

 

 

Deep black soil

As above

As above

 

 


 

 

 

Condition

 

 

Suggested contingency measures

Early season   

 drought 

(delayed onset of monsoon)

 

Farming situation

Normal crops/cropping system

Change in crops/cropping system

Agronomics measures

Delayed by 6 week

 

4th  week July (31st  July)

Shallow grey soil 

Bajra

 

-Bajra for fodder (gaint bajra)

 

- hoeing at 30 DAS

-Increase 25% dose of    

  nitrogen

 

Medium deep black soil

Soybean

-sunflower (SS-56/Bhanu)

 

-hoeing at 30 DAS

-open conservative furrow in between two rows of sunflower for moisture/water

 

 

Maize

fodder maize –african tall

- Increase 25% dose of nitrogen

 

 

Fodder sorghum

Fodder sorghum

-Basal dose 50:50:40 N:P:K Kg/ha

 

 

Onion

Fodder sorghum

Basal dose 20:20:0/ha and 20kgN/ha 30DAS

 

 

Deep black soil

As above

As above

 

Delayed by 8 week- Aug. 2nd week not applicable for Ahmednagar district

 

Early season dry spell

Condition

 

 

Suggested contingency measures

Early season   

 drought 

(Normal onset of monsoon)

Farming situation

Normal crops/cropping system

Crops management

Agronomics (soil nutrient & moisture conservation) measures

Normal onset followed by 15-20 days dry spell after sowing leading to poor germination/crop stand 

Shallow grey soil 

Bajra

 

-

 

- hoeing at 20 & 30 DAS

-

 

 

Medium deep black soil

Soybean

if germination is less than 30%, take up resowing with wider spacing(45cm) with sufficient soil moisture

-hoeing at 25 DAS

 

 

 

Maize

Gap filling/resowing  

-hoeing at 25 DAS

 

 

 

Fodder sorghum

- hoeing at 25 DAS

 

 

 

Onion

-

Protective irrigation through sprinkler

 

Deep black soil

As above

As above

 

 

 

Mid season drought

Condition

 

 

Suggested contingency measures

Mid season   

 drought 

(long dry spell, consecutive 2 week rainless period) less than 2.5mm

Farming situation

Normal crops/cropping system

Crops management

Agronomics (soil nutrient & moisture conservation) measures

At vegetative stage 

Shallow grey soil 

Bajra

 

-

 

- hoeing/weeding

-2% urea spray

 

Medium deep black soil

Soybean

protective irrigation

-hoeing

-2% urea spray

 

 

Maize

protective irrigation

- hoeing

-2% urea spray

 

 

Fodder sorghum

 

protective irrigation

- hoeing

-2% urea spray

 

 

Onion

protective irrigation

-2% urea spray

 

Deep black soil

As above

As above

 

 


 

 

Mid season drought

Condition

 

 

Suggested contingency measures

Mid season   

 drought 

(long dry spell,)

Farming situation

Normal crops/cropping system

Crops management

Agronomics (soil nutrient & moisture conservation) measures

At flowering/fruiting  stage 

Shallow grey soil 

Bajra

 

protective irrigation

Use 2% DAP spray

 

Medium deep black soil

Soybean

protective irrigation

Use 2% DAP spray

 

 

Maize

protective irrigation

Use 2% DAP spray

 

 

Fodder sorghum

protective irrigation

Use 2%  urea spray

 

 

Onion

protective irrigation

Use 2% DAP spray

 

Deep black soil

As above

As above

 

 


 

 

Terminal drought

Condition

 

 

Suggested contingency measures

terminal   

 drought 

(early withdrawal of monsoon)

Farming situation

Normal crops/cropping system

Crops management

Rabi crop planning

Fruiting stage

Shallow grey soil 

Bajra

 

In case of poor grain filling harvest for fodder 

No rabi crop 

 

Medium deep black soil

Soybean

protective irrigation

Bengal gram (vijay/digvijay) safflower (bhima)/sunflower (ss-56)

 

 

Maize

protective irrigation

Bengal gram (vijay/digvijay) safflower (bhima)/sunflower (ss-56)

 

 

Fodder sorghum

Harvest

Bengal gram (vijay/digvijay) /safflower (bhima)/sunflower (ss-56)

 

 

Onion

protective irrigation

Bengal gram (vijay/digvijay) safflower (bhima)/sunflower (ss-56)

 

Deep black soil

Soybean

protective irrigation

Wheat

 

 

Onion

protective irrigation

Wheat