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:
PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING 2010-2011 Sl. Quantity Crop Variety No (in qtl.) Source Remarks 1. IR 64 173.00 NSC 100 % Subsidy Krishna Hamsa 66.10 NSC 100 % Subsidy Paddy DRRH 1/ KRH 4.21 NSC 100 % Subsidy 2 (Hybrid) 2. Wheat Sonalika 26.10 NSC 100 % Subsidy 3. (1) Soyabean JS 335 39.53 NSC 100 % Subsidy (2) Groundnut JL 24 33.38 NSC 100 % Subsidy (3) Mustard M 27 15.86 NSC 100 % Subsidy (4) Moong K 851 6.33 NSC 100 % Subsidy (5) Cowpea Local 25.55 Local farmers 100 % Subsidy (6) Rice bean Local 11.11 Local farmers Subsidy (7) Maize Vijay Composite/ Navjot 82.90 NSC 100 % Subsidy (8) Maize Local Sticky 16.5 Local farmers Subsidy (9) Maize Sweet Corn SH 140/142 2.19 Nunhems Pvt. Ltd 100 % Subsidy 4. (1) Cowpea Local Improved 66.33 Local farmers 100 % Subsidy (2) Pumpkin Local Improved 35.00 Local farmers 100 % Subsidy (3) Soyabean Local Improved 65.87 Local farmers 100 % Subsidy (4) Mustard M- 27 39.60 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 198 2.83 Monsanto Holdings Pvt. Ltd 100 % Subsidy
PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING 2011 2012 Sl. Quantity Crop Variety No (in qtl.) Source of seed Remarks 1. Paddy KRH 2 (Hybrid) 5.90 NSC 100 % Subsidy IR 64 82.24 NSC 100 % Subsidy IR 64 146.40 K.V.K. Kolasib, Mizoram 100 % Subsidy Local 169.40 Local farmer 100 % Subsidy 2. Wheat PBW 343 18.75 NSC 100 % Subsidy 3. Oilseeds & vegetables (a) Mustard Local M- 27 47.97 Local 100 % Subsidy (c) Chilli Local 1.43 Local 100 % Subsidy (d) Brinjal Local 0.71 Local 100 % Subsidy (e) Soyabean Local 23.52 Local 100 % Subsidy (f) Sesamum Local 11.53 Local 100 % Subsidy 4. Pulses: (a) Pea Arkel 106.00 NSC 100 % Subsidy (b) Moong K 851 17.09 NSC 100 % Subsidy (c) Rice bean Local 26.65 Local Farmer 100 % Subsidy (d) Field Pea Local 90.46 Local Subsidy (e) Cowpea Local 29.41 Local 100 % Subsidy 5. Maize HQPM 100.00 NSC 100 % Subsidy RCM 75/76 10.00 Local Subsidy
PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING 2012 2013 Quantity Source of Sl. No Crop Variety Remarks (in qtl.) seed 1. Paddy IR 64 444.50 NSC CAU R-1 50 CAU, Imphal Subsidy KRH 2/ DRRH 187.5 NSC Subsidy 2 2. Maize HQPM 171.80 NSC Sweet corn 2.00 NSC Subsidy (Sugar 75) 3. Pulses: (a) Moong Asha/ Pusa 992 32.79 NSC Subsidy (b) Arhar LGG 26 19.23 NSC Subsidy (c) Blackgram T- 9 20.51 NSC Subsidy (d) Cowpea Local 47.06 Local farmer Subsidy 4. Soyabean JS 335 85.47 NSC Subsidy 5. Vegetables (a) Carrot F- 1 Hybrid Rishi 0.336 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. 0.32 Nunhems India Pvt. Ltd. Subsidy
PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING 2013-2014 Sl. No. Name of Crop Variety Qnty. Purchased (Qtls.) 34.96 Source of seed Remarks 1. Hybrid Paddy a) DRRH-2 b) KRH-2 51.28 NSC 2. HYV Paddy a) IR-64 240.38 NSC b) MTU-1010 721.14 3. Field Pea Arkel 350.00 NSC 4. Sesamum Local Improved 9.33 NSC 5. Groundnut JL-24 39.60 NSC 6. Soyabean JL-335 96.15 NSC 7. Rapeseed M-27 100.00 8. Maize HQPM/ 62.39 NSC PAC-740 9. Sweet corn Sugar-75 2.94 NSC 10. Brocolli Aiswaria 0.05 NSC 11. Cabbage Royal stone 0.25 NSC 12. Lady s Finger Arka Anamika 12.26 NSC 13. Bitter gourd - 3.54 NSC 14. Rice bean Local Improved 20.00 Local farmers 15. Cowpea Local Improved 16.69 Local farmers
PROCUREMENT OF SEEDS DURING 2014-2015 (For sowing during 2015-2016). Sl. No 1. 2. 3. Name of Seed & variety HYV Rice var.cau- R1 HYV Rice var.mtu- 1075 Hybrid Rice var.drrh-2 Qnty. procured under NFSM (qtl.) Qnty. procured under RKVY (qtl.) Total qnty. procured (qtl.) Source of seed 1126.41-1126.41 NSC 249.99 1097.55 1347.54 NSC 224.34 64.08 288.42 NSC Remarks 4. HYV Maize var.prakash/pc-3/pc-4 941.16 99.27 1040.43 NSC 5. Hybrid Maize var.hqpm-5/hqpm-7 323.88 187.02 510.90 NSC 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. (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-6 97.50 132.42 229.92 NSC 77.08 71.04 148.12 NSC 70.20-70.20 NSC - 69.99 69.99 NSC - 30.00 30.00 Local farmer - 40.26 40.26 NSC - 9.66 9.66 NSC
Allotment of seeds during 2015-16 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-R1 1126.4 1 NFSM- Rice 2. HYV Rice var.mtu-1075 3. Hybrid Rice var.drrh-2 HYV Maize 4. var.prakash/pc- 3/PC-4 Hybrid Maize 5. var.hqpm- 5/HQPM-7 249.99 NFSM- Rice 224.34 NFSM- Rice NFSM- 941.16 Coarse Cereals NFSM- 323.88 Coarse Cereals 110 103. 257. 60 2 91 244.5 153 74 73.8 50 28 26 20.99 45 45 35 25 25-25 24 20 40 40 30 20 20 5.34 90 80 60 150 150 180 70 100 61.16 30 30 20 50 50 65 30 30 18.88 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-1075 2. Hybrid Rice var.drrh-2 HYV Maize 3. var.prakash/pc- 3/PC-4 Hybrid Maize 4. var.hqpm- 5/HGPM-7 5. 1097.55 RKVY 110 100 70 250 240 150 90 80 7.55 64.08 RKVY 7 7 5 10 10 10 8 7 0.08 99.27 RKVY 10 10 7 15 15 20 10 12 0.27 187.02 RKVY 22 22 18 25 25 30 23 20 2.02 HYV Pulses 1) Chick Pea 71.04 RKVY 10 10 5 10 10 10 6 5 5.04 2) Field Pea var.arkel/ra chna 132.42 RKVY 10 10 5 45 20 15 5 10 12.42
6. HYV Oilseeds 1) Mustard var.nrchb 69.99 RKVY 5 5 5 5 20 15 8 5 1.99-101 2) Soyabean var.dsb-21 40.26 RKVY 8 4 2 5 5 8 4 3 1.26 3) Sesamum var.chhipui (Black 30 RKVY 4 6 1 4 3 3 3 2 4 seeded) 4) Groundnut 9.66 RKVY - - - - - - - - 9.66 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 97.50 NFSM- Pulses 25.3 0 12.0 0 2.80 8.00 16.00 17.40 4.00 12.00 2. Chick pea var.jaki 77.08 NFSM- Pulses 21.0 0 10.0 0 3.00 7.00 14.00 15.00 5.00 2.08 3. Rasmash var.varuna 70.20 NFSM- Pulses 18.0 0 9.00 2.2 6.00 12.00 12.5 3.00 7.5 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.28.5.2015. For successful implementation of Seed Production/Multiplication Programme, Seed Inspectors for every District were designated on Dt.22.6.2015. C. Sensitization programme on Seed production/multiplication for designated seed inspectors was successfully conducted on Dt.26.6.2015 in the Committee room of Directorate of Agriculture, Mizoram, Aizawl.
Table 1. Sensitization programme on Seed production/multiplication for designated seed inspectors
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, 1991. 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, 2008. iii) Appointment of Appellate Authority: Secretary/Commissioner/Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Mizoram was appointed as Appellate Authority on 31 st January, 2008. 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.
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, 1989. 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