IFPRI- Pulses Through FPOS, Kaushlendra

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Promoting Pulses through FPOs in Bihar

दाल से खुशहाल


“Formalising the informal trade channel of agriculture produce

and creating gainful, dignified self-employment for the families

engaged in rural and agriculture sector.”


Production of Pulses in Bihar

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Area under production is declining over the years.


Challenges & Constraints

• Small & Marginal moving away from Pulse production • Less remunerative • Large variation in productivity in year

on year • Migration

• Risky crop • Pest and disease attack • Chilling stress, Drought and heat

stress • Very minimal or zero irrigation • Lack of knowledge • Poor crop management practices


Challenges & Constraints

• Seed replacement – hardly any • Non availability of improved seeds

• Poor Post harvesting practices

• Low mechanisation

• Poor marketing system


Interventions

संघे शक्ति कललयगेु


Availability and application of Right

fertiliser and pesticides

Availability and adoption of good

quality seeds

Adoption of better crop management

practices

Assured market linkages and moving up

the chain

Pulse FPO

More adoption of better crop management techniques , right fertilisers, seeds and pesticides will result into more production which will lead to more income through assured marketing and which will in turn lead to prosperity.

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Intervention Area

• Nalanda • Nagarnausa , Chandi, Hilsa

• Nawada • Sirdala, Meskaur , Akbarpur

• FPOs are formed and registered in all 6 locations • Average 100 farmers in each FPO

• Plan to expand the base to 300 -500 farmer in F.Y. 2016-17


Intervention approaches

• Participatory & collective approach

• Value chain approach

• Knowledge and capacity enhancement

• Seed replacement – biggest challenge Awareness and access to new technology

• Seed, seed treatment, irrigation, harvesting, threshing, milling, packaging


Intervention steps

• Selection of village and farmers • Baseline survey of farmers

• Formation of FPOs • Registered in Feb -March 2016

• Development of Package of practices • From Seed treatment, land preparation to harvesting and selling, sowing

and spacing

• Farmer participatory varietal/ Technology selection trial • Demonstration and farmers drive • Evaluation by farmers on various parameters

• Yield , Crop duration, market price, disease and pest attack, frost and disease tolerance

• Promotion of selected seeds variety from next season


Intervention steps/ approaches

• Promotion of mechanisation

• Access to • Input market – Quality at lower prices

through farmers institutions , tie up providers like seed, pesticides companies, KVKs

• Output – assured marketing

• Moving up the chain • Pulse milling and packaging


Opportunities and recommendation • Partnerships and agreements for

• Developing linkages on seed & development • Lentil and Chick pea • Developing package of practices • Suitable technologies • Milling and packaging

• ICT/ mobile based FPO management system / applications

• Unified Licenses for input especially fertilisers • Some state has done that

• Credit support from 1st year of formation


Thank you

IFPRI- Pulses Through FPOS, Kaushlendra

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