Haryana Government has fixed a target to achieve a record production of 127.48 lakh tonnes of wheat during the ensuing rabi season 2013-’14 as against the production of 113.42 lakh tonnes last year.
A spokesman of Haryana Agriculture Department said that during rabi season 2013-’14 target has been set to produce 123.81 lakh tonnes of wheat over an area of 25 lakh hectares, 1.61 lakh tonnes of grams, 1.95 lakh metric tonnes of barley and 11,000 tonnes of rabi pulses over 1.40 lakh hectares, 50,000 hectares and 10,000 hectares of area respectively.
Similarly, targets have been set to produce 10.80 lakh tonnes of rabi oilseeds and 24,000 tonnes of sunflower.He said that campaign would be launched to educate the farmers for timely sowing of wheat and efforts would be made to complete 80 per cent of its sowing by November 30.
As against the requirement of 13.63 lakh quintals of seeds during rabi season, arrangements have been made for the distribution of about 14 lakh quintals of certified seeds of different crops.He said that a plan has been chalked out to improve productivity of different
Rabi crops. The Agriculture Department has recommended WH-542, PBW-550, DPW-621-50 and HD-2967 varieties in North India, WH-711, WH-147, DBW-17, UP-2338 and Raj-3765 varieties in South Western Part and HD-2851, PBW-590, WH-1021, PBW-509 under late sown conditions.
He said that special campaigns would be launched to improve productivity of rabi crops.Under these campaigns, kisan melas will be organised at each district headquarter, farmers training camps in each block and an exposure visit for each block too would be held.