NAME OF BRANCH/ SECTION : AGRONOMY.

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1 NAME OF BRANCH/ SECTION : AGRONOMY. 1. Staff position under agronomy section: Sl.No Name of Group/Post No. of Staff 1. Group-A i) Deputy Director ii) Subject Matter Specialist(Agronomy) iii) Seed Analyst iv) Agri. Extension Officer Sub-total 2. Group-C i) Laboratory Assistant ii) Gram Sevak iii) LDC iv) ATO/Peon Sub-total TOTAL 4 Nos. 4 Nos. 8 Nos. 2. The duties of Agronomy Section are as follows: A. Quality Seed Distribution: The department is trying its best in making available good quality seeds to the farmers free of cost. In order to provide good quality seeds to the farmers, the Department has been procuring quality seeds like High Yielding Variety seeds (HYV), Hybrid seeds etc of different crops since many years back from available fund of different Centrally Sponsored Schemes like MMA, NFSM, RKVY etc. Seed procurement during the last five years is as below:

2 PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING Sl. Quantity Crop Variety No (in qtl.) Source Remarks 1. IR NSC 100 % Subsidy Krishna Hamsa NSC 100 % Subsidy Paddy DRRH 1/ KRH 4.21 NSC 100 % Subsidy 2 (Hybrid) 2. Wheat Sonalika NSC 100 % Subsidy 3. (1) Soyabean JS NSC 100 % Subsidy (2) Groundnut JL NSC 100 % Subsidy (3) Mustard M NSC 100 % Subsidy (4) Moong K NSC 100 % Subsidy (5) Cowpea Local Local farmers 100 % Subsidy (6) Rice bean Local Local farmers Subsidy (7) Maize Vijay Composite/ Navjot NSC 100 % Subsidy (8) Maize Local Sticky 16.5 Local farmers Subsidy (9) Maize Sweet Corn SH 140/ Nunhems Pvt. Ltd 100 % Subsidy 4. (1) Cowpea Local Improved Local farmers 100 % Subsidy (2) Pumpkin Local Improved Local farmers 100 % Subsidy (3) Soyabean Local Improved Local farmers 100 % Subsidy (4) Mustard M NSC Subsidy (5) Chilly Hot Local Improved 2.00 Local farmers 100 % Subsidy (6) Onion Matahari 0.28 Nunhems India Pvt. Ltd. 100 % Subsidy (7) Dhania Indam Multicut 8.86 Indo- American Hybrid Seeds Pvt. Ltd. Subsidy (8) Ladys finger SOH Monsanto Holdings Pvt. Ltd 100 % Subsidy

3 PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING Sl. Quantity Crop Variety No (in qtl.) Source of seed Remarks 1. Paddy KRH 2 (Hybrid) 5.90 NSC 100 % Subsidy IR NSC 100 % Subsidy IR K.V.K. Kolasib, Mizoram 100 % Subsidy Local Local farmer 100 % Subsidy 2. Wheat PBW NSC 100 % Subsidy 3. Oilseeds & vegetables (a) Mustard Local M Local 100 % Subsidy (c) Chilli Local 1.43 Local 100 % Subsidy (d) Brinjal Local 0.71 Local 100 % Subsidy (e) Soyabean Local Local 100 % Subsidy (f) Sesamum Local Local 100 % Subsidy 4. Pulses: (a) Pea Arkel NSC 100 % Subsidy (b) Moong K NSC 100 % Subsidy (c) Rice bean Local Local Farmer 100 % Subsidy (d) Field Pea Local Local Subsidy (e) Cowpea Local Local 100 % Subsidy 5. Maize HQPM NSC 100 % Subsidy RCM 75/ Local Subsidy

4 PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING Quantity Source of Sl. No Crop Variety Remarks (in qtl.) seed 1. Paddy IR NSC CAU R-1 50 CAU, Imphal Subsidy KRH 2/ DRRH NSC Subsidy 2 2. Maize HQPM NSC Sweet corn 2.00 NSC Subsidy (Sugar 75) 3. Pulses: (a) Moong Asha/ Pusa NSC Subsidy (b) Arhar LGG NSC Subsidy (c) Blackgram T NSC Subsidy (d) Cowpea Local Local farmer Subsidy 4. Soyabean JS NSC Subsidy 5. Vegetables (a) Carrot F- 1 Hybrid Rishi NSC Subsidy (b) Tomato F-1 Hybrid 0.06 NSC Subsidy Shivalik (c) Onion Nasik red 6.5 Bharat Subsidy Nursery Pvt. Ltd. (d) Knolkhol Early white viena 1.95 Bharat Subsidy Nursery Pvt. Ltd. (c) radish Ivory white 0.77 Syngenta Subsidy (d) Broccoli Aiswaria F- 1 Hybrid 0.05 Nunhems India Pvt. Subsidy (e) Cabbage Royal stone Bahar F- 1 Hybrid Ltd Nunhems India Pvt. Ltd. Subsidy

5 PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING Sl. No. Name of Crop Variety Qnty. Purchased (Qtls.) Source of seed Remarks 1. Hybrid Paddy a) DRRH-2 b) KRH NSC 2. HYV Paddy a) IR NSC b) MTU Field Pea Arkel NSC 4. Sesamum Local Improved 9.33 NSC 5. Groundnut JL NSC 6. Soyabean JL NSC 7. Rapeseed M Maize HQPM/ NSC PAC Sweet corn Sugar NSC 10. Brocolli Aiswaria 0.05 NSC 11. Cabbage Royal stone 0.25 NSC 12. Lady s Finger Arka Anamika NSC 13. Bitter gourd NSC 14. Rice bean Local Improved Local farmers 15. Cowpea Local Improved Local farmers

6 PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING (For sowing during ). Sl. No Name of Seed & variety HYV Rice var.cau- R1 HYV Rice var.mtu Hybrid Rice var.drrh-2 Qnty. procured under NFSM (qtl.) Qnty. procured under RKVY (qtl.) Total qnty. procured (qtl.) Source of seed NSC NSC NSC Remarks 4. HYV Maize var.prakash/pc-3/pc NSC 5. Hybrid Maize var.hqpm-5/hqpm NSC (a) Field pea var.arkel/rach na/ap-3 (b) Chick pea var.jaki (c) Rajmash var.varuna (a) Mustard var.jd- 6 (b) Sesamum var.local Improved (c) Soyabean var.js-335 (d) Groundnut var.k NSC NSC NSC NSC Local farmer NSC NSC

7 Allotment of seeds during to the different District of Mizoram: Seeds procured under the different Schemes were allotted to all the Districts Agriculture Officer for free distribution to farmers as below: Quantity allotted to DAOs (Qtl.) Sl. No. Name of seeds & variety Total Qnty. (Qtl.) Name of Scheme Aizawl Lunglei Saiha Champhai Kolasib Serchhip Lawngtlai Mamit Dte. of Agri (CH) 1. HYV Rice var. CAU-R NFSM- Rice 2. HYV Rice var.mtu Hybrid Rice var.drrh-2 HYV Maize 4. var.prakash/pc- 3/PC-4 Hybrid Maize 5. var.hqpm- 5/HQPM NFSM- Rice NFSM- Rice NFSM Coarse Cereals NFSM Coarse Cereals Sl. No. Name of seeds & variety Total Qnty. (Qtl.) Name of Scheme Aizawl Lunglei Quantity allotted to DAOs (Qtl.) Saiha Champhai Kolasib Serchhip Lawngtlai Mamit Dte. of Agri (CH) 1. HYV Rice var. MTU Hybrid Rice var.drrh-2 HYV Maize 3. var.prakash/pc- 3/PC-4 Hybrid Maize 4. var.hqpm- 5/HGPM RKVY RKVY RKVY RKVY HYV Pulses 1) Chick Pea RKVY ) Field Pea var.arkel/ra chna RKVY

8 6. HYV Oilseeds 1) Mustard var.nrchb RKVY ) Soyabean var.dsb RKVY ) Sesamum var.chhipui (Black 30 RKVY seeded) 4) Groundnut 9.66 RKVY Quantity allotted to DAOs (Qtl.) Sl.N o. Name of seeds & variety Total Qnty. (Qtl.) Name of Scheme Aizawl Lunglei Saiha Champhai Kolasib Serchhip Lawngtlai Mamit 1. Field pea var.arkel NFSM- Pulses Chick pea var.jaki NFSM- Pulses Rasmash var.varuna NFSM- Pulses B. Seed Production/ Multiplication Programme: The Department is taking a new step towards Production/Multiplication of good quality seeds especially Rice variety CAU-R1 from this year at selected locations. In this connection, State seed Certification Agency for Mizoram State was reconstituted on Dt For successful implementation of Seed Production/Multiplication Programme, Seed Inspectors for every District were designated on Dt C. Sensitization programme on Seed production/multiplication for designated seed inspectors was successfully conducted on Dt in the Committee room of Directorate of Agriculture, Mizoram, Aizawl.

9 Table 1. Sensitization programme on Seed production/multiplication for designated seed inspectors

10 D. SEED LAW ENFORCEMENT: i) Establishment of State Seed Certification Agency: Under the provision of Section 8 of the Seed Act, 1966 the State Seed Certification Agency for Mizoram was established on 17 th September, The constitution of members was revised from time to time. ii) Appointment of Licensing Authority for Implementation of the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983: The Director of Agriculture (Crop Husbandry), Mizoram, Aizawl was appointed as the Licensing Authority for Implementation of the Seeds (Control) Order, 1983 for the entire state of Mizoram on 28 th January, iii) Appointment of Appellate Authority: Secretary/Commissioner/Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Mizoram was appointed as Appellate Authority on 31 st January, iv) Appointment of Seed Analyst: Seed Analyst, State Seed Testing Laboratory, Directorate of Agriculture, Mizoram was appointed on 5 th January, 2007 for the whole State of Mizoram for implementation of the duties of Seed Analyst as specified in Part-IX, clause 21, Sub-clause 1-4 of the Seed Rules, 1968.

11 v) Appointment of Seed Inspectors for all the Districts of Mizoram: Appointment of officers under Agriculture Department as Seed Inspectors for every District of Mizoram was made which is revised as and when necessary. vi) Establishment of Seed Testing Laboratory: State Seed Testing Laboratory under Agriculture Department, Mizoram was established on 27 th October, Seeds of various crops to be procured by the Department are first tested for their quality like purity, germination, moisture content, seed health etc. Depending on the seed test result, seeds which conform to the Indian Minimum Seed Certification Standard only can be procured/ accepted for further distribution to the farmers. Director of Agriculture (CH) and other Officials visited Seed Testing Lab., Neihbawi

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