Agriculture contingency plan for village Nirmal Pimpri under NICRA Project Activities
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Suggested contingency measures |
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Early season drought (delayed onset of monsoon)
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Farming situation |
Normal crops/cropping system |
Change in crops/cropping system |
Agronomics measures |
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Delayed by 2 week
4th week June (June end) |
Shallow grey soil |
Bajra
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-Bajra -Bajra + red gram (2:1) -bajra +mothbean |
-basal dose of 25kg K20/ha -two hoeing at 30 &45 DAS |
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Medium deep black soil |
Soybean |
-Soybean -soybean + red gram (3:1/6:2) Soybean+bajra (4:2) |
Seed treatment with biofert. & trichoderma |
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Maize |
Maize, fodder maize |
-hoeing at 25 DAS |
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Fodder sorghum |
Fodder sorghum |
-Basal dose 50:50:40 N:P:K Kg/ha |
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Onion |
Onion (phule Samarth, Baswant-780) |
-Give protective irrigation
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Deep black soil |
As above |
As above |
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Condition |
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Suggested contingency measures |
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Early season drought (delayed onset of monsoon)
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Farming situation |
Normal crops/cropping system |
Change in crops/cropping system |
Agronomics measures |
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Delayed by 4 week
2nd week July (15th July) |
Shallow grey soil |
Bajra
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-Bajra -Bajra + red gram (2:1) -bajra +moth bean |
-basal dose of 25kg K20/ha -two hoeing at 30 &45 DAS |
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Medium deep black soil |
Soybean |
-Soybean -soybean + red gram (3:1/6:2) Soybean + bajra (4:2) |
Seed treatment with biofert. & trichoderma |
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Maize |
Maize, fodder maize |
-hoeing at 25 DAS |
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Fodder sorghum |
Fodder sorghum |
-Basal dose 50:50:40 N:P:K Kg/ha |
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Onion |
Onion (phule Samarth, Baswant-780) |
-Give protective irrigation
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Deep black soil |
As above |
As above |
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Condition |
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Suggested contingency measures |
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Early season drought (delayed onset of monsoon)
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Farming situation |
Normal crops/cropping system |
Change in crops/cropping system |
Agronomics measures |
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Delayed by 6 week
4th week July (31st July) |
Shallow grey soil |
Bajra
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-Bajra for fodder (gaint bajra)
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- hoeing at 30 DAS -Increase 25% dose of nitrogen |
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Medium deep black soil |
Soybean |
-sunflower (SS-56/Bhanu)
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-hoeing at 30 DAS -open conservative furrow in between two rows of sunflower for moisture/water |
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Maize |
fodder maize –african tall |
- Increase 25% dose of nitrogen |
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Fodder sorghum |
Fodder sorghum |
-Basal dose 50:50:40 N:P:K Kg/ha |
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Onion |
Fodder sorghum |
Basal dose 20:20:0/ha and 20kgN/ha 30DAS
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Deep black soil |
As above |
As above |
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Delayed by 8 week- Aug. 2nd week not applicable for Ahmednagar district
Early season dry spell
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Condition |
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Suggested contingency measures |
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Early season drought (Normal onset of monsoon) |
Farming situation |
Normal crops/cropping system |
Crops management |
Agronomics (soil nutrient & moisture conservation) measures |
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Normal onset followed by 15-20 days dry spell after sowing leading to poor germination/crop stand |
Shallow grey soil |
Bajra
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- hoeing at 20 & 30 DAS -
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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
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Maize |
Gap filling/resowing |
-hoeing at 25 DAS
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Fodder sorghum |
- |
- hoeing at 25 DAS
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Onion |
- |
Protective irrigation through sprinkler |
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Deep black soil |
As above |
As above |
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Mid season drought
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Condition |
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Suggested contingency measures |
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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 |
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At vegetative stage |
Shallow grey soil |
Bajra
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- hoeing/weeding -2% urea spray |
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Medium deep black soil |
Soybean |
protective irrigation |
-hoeing -2% urea spray |
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Maize |
protective irrigation |
- hoeing -2% urea spray |
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Fodder sorghum
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protective irrigation |
- hoeing -2% urea spray |
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Onion |
protective irrigation |
-2% urea spray |
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Deep black soil |
As above |
As above |
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Mid season drought
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Condition |
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Suggested contingency measures |
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Mid season drought (long dry spell,) |
Farming situation |
Normal crops/cropping system |
Crops management |
Agronomics (soil nutrient & moisture conservation) measures |
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At flowering/fruiting stage |
Shallow grey soil |
Bajra
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protective irrigation |
Use 2% DAP spray |
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Medium deep black soil |
Soybean |
protective irrigation |
Use 2% DAP spray |
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Maize |
protective irrigation |
Use 2% DAP spray |
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Fodder sorghum |
protective irrigation |
Use 2% urea spray |
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Onion |
protective irrigation |
Use 2% DAP spray |
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Deep black soil |
As above |
As above |
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Terminal drought
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Condition |
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Suggested contingency measures |
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terminal drought (early withdrawal of monsoon) |
Farming situation |
Normal crops/cropping system |
Crops management |
Rabi crop planning |
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Fruiting stage |
Shallow grey soil |
Bajra
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In case of poor grain filling harvest for fodder |
No rabi crop |
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Medium deep black soil |
Soybean |
protective irrigation |
Bengal gram (vijay/digvijay) safflower (bhima)/sunflower (ss-56) |
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Maize |
protective irrigation |
Bengal gram (vijay/digvijay) safflower (bhima)/sunflower (ss-56) |
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Fodder sorghum |
Harvest |
Bengal gram (vijay/digvijay) /safflower (bhima)/sunflower (ss-56) |
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Onion |
protective irrigation |
Bengal gram (vijay/digvijay) safflower (bhima)/sunflower (ss-56) |
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Deep black soil |
Soybean |
protective irrigation |
Wheat |
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Onion |
protective irrigation |
Wheat |