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Organisation
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Reviving
Green Revolution (RGR) Cell, Punjab
Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana |
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Project
name
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Further upscaling the dissemination
of Cotton-IPM Technology across cotton
belt in Punjab under the “Reviving
the Green Revolution” initiative |
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Grant
operationalised
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April
2009 |
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Duration
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3
years |
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Grant
amount sanctioned
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Rs35.06
million |
Activities within
the grant and impact:
The three-year proposal to the Trusts is
towards further upscaling the dissemination
of Cotton-IPM technology across cotton belt
in Punjab.. The project would be jointly
supported by the Trusts and the GoP and
would cover 300 villages (150 villages each)
spread across 10 districts of Punjab. Further,
six villages from the border districts of
Haryana would also be adopted.
The key components within the project are:
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Selection
of villages and beneficiaries |
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Establishment
of extension system |
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Monitoring
of the project progress |
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Capacity building
of farmers and village scouts |
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Impact on environment
and human health. |
The project is expected to directly reach
out to 30,000 farmers per year, with a total
of 90,000 farmers by the end of the third
year, besides approximately 250,000 farmers
indirectly.
This would:
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Result
in an increase in income of farmers
by over Rs10,000 per hectare, besides
increase in knowledge of farmers regarding
latest Package of Practices (PoP) |
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Address the core
issue of transfer of technology and
benefits to small and marginal families
engaged in cotton cultivation |
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Enhance
yield by about one quintal per acre
and help reduce the input costs through
decreased use of sprays. Overall, considering
the average farm area under cotton to
be 4.16 hectares, the IPM Cotton project
would lead to increase in income to
the tune of about Rs21,820 per farmer.
The reduction in use of pesticides through
adoption of IPM technology by 40-50
per cent on an anticipated area of 400,000
hectares would not only save huge amount
of money, but also protect environment
from being polluted. |
An anticipated increase in cotton to the tune
of 1 million quintals would generate employment
of 2.5 million man days worth Rs250 million,
specifically through additional employment
of rural women from non-farming families.
Additionally, employment opportunities would
also be indirectly created for the labour
involved in marketing, handling, ginning and
textile industry.
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