1 BONGAIGAON DISTRICT Inventory of Agriculture KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA Assam Agricultural University Bongaigaon, Abhayapuri-783384 Assam 2015-16 2 BONGAIGAON DISTRICT Inventory of Agriculture 2015-16 KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA Assam Agricultural University Bongaigaon, Abhayapuri-783384 Assam 3 Correct Citation : Dr. Dwiban Pujari, Ms. Mary Sadhana Sarma, Mrs. Chayanika Hazarika Roy, Mr. Sanku Moni Sharma, Dr. Gouranga Das, Mr. Abdur Rahman, Mr. Bedanta Kr. Das, Mrs. Roshmi Rekha Saikia. Published by : Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bongaigaon, Assam Agricultural University Compiled by : Dr. Dwiban Pujari, Ms. Mary Sadhana Sarma, Mrs. Chayanika Hazarika Roy & Mr. Sanku Moni Sharma Edited by : Dr. Chinmoy Kumar Sarma Contact : Programme Coordinator, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Bongaigaon, P.O., Abhayapuri-783384, Assam Cover Design : Mrs. Chayanika Hazarika Roy 4 FOREWORD Information on existing resources and infrastructures is of utmost importance for planned development of agricultural sector; however, it is not available in a compiled manner and many a times policy makers need to devote considerable time and energy to collect requisite information. The main stakeholder in agricultural sector ‘farming community’ also faces lot of difficulties in getting information of various developmental activities being implemented by different developmental agencies in a district. The Central and State Governments have been implementing a number of programmes for overall development of the farming community and the resource poor and remotely located farmers are more often deprived of many of such schemes because of their ignorance about these programmes. Therefore, it is the need of the hour to bring together information on available resources, infrastructures, ongoing developmental programmes/schemes etc. in a book form at the district level. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Bongaigaon was established in 2014 under the umbrella of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13 and has been rendering its service for effective transfer of technologies among the farming community. The present compilation is a step taken by KVK Bongaigaon which contains basic information on the present state of agriculture in the district, details of various research and development organizations relevant to the farming community and different schemes that are in operation in the district. The inventory is expected to fulfill the need of the farming community. 5 I congratulate all the members of KVK Bongaigaon for their earnest efforts in bringing out the Agriculture Inventory of Bongaigaon District in the present form, within a short period of conception of the idea. Date : 19.02.2016 Dr. Chinmoy Kumar Sarma Programme Coordinator KVK, Bongaigaon 6 PREFACE The Agricultural Inventory of Bongaigaon District is expected to fulfill the need of farming community, policy planner and those who are engaged in agricultural development in the district. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Bongaigaon has made and attempt to bring together relevant information as much as possible in relation to various resources, infrastructures, financial institutions, ongoing developmental programme etc. needed for agricultural development in the district. Unknowingly, some information may be left out but we assure you that all these information will be included in our future versions of the publication. Further, we are very much conscious about the importance of updating the contents time to time to include changes that are likely to happen due to policy changes. The authors place great sense of gratitude to the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, AAU, Jorhat, the Director of Extension Education, AAU, Jorhat and all the Scientists of DoEE, AAU, Jorhat for their constant encouragement and support in different ways. We express our sincere thanks to the all the staff of KVK Bongaigaon who have directly or indirectly contributed to publication of this compilation in the present form. We dedicate this publication to the cause of the farming community of Bongaigaon District and we are happy if suggestions are made by the users for further improvement. Bongaigaon Date : 19.02.2016 Editor 7 Contents : I. District in general 11 a) Climate 13 b) Topography 13 c) Forest 14 d) Water resources 14 e) Demography 14 f) Culture and education 15 g) Health care sector 16 h) Banking and allied sectors 16-17 i) Local bodies and rural development 17 II. Agricultural scenario of the district 18 a) Crops 18-22 b) Livestock 22-23 c) Fisheries 23 III. Constrains in agricultural production 24 a) Crops 24 b) Livestock 24 c) Fisheries 24 IV. Institutional support for agricultural development of the district 25 A. Crops 25 a) Department of Agriculture 25 b) Krishi Vigyan Kendra 25-27 c) Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) 27-28 d) Lead Bank 28-29 e) Other banking institutions 29 f) Farmers club and voluntary organizations 29 g) Polytechnic colleges and vocational higher secondary schools 29 B. Livestock 29 a) Department of animal Husbandry 29 b) Farmer’s groups and organizations working in livestock sectors in the district 29-30 C. Department of fisheries 30 a) Farmer’s organizations working in fisheries 30-31 8 V. Research and development organizations relevant to district’s agriculture 32 a) Crops 32 1. Coconut development board, Bongaigaon 32 2. Seven sisters development Association (SeSTA) 33 b) Livestock: Nil c) Fisheries: Nil VI. Plants and schemes for promotion of agriculture 34 a) Crops 34-35 b) Livestock 35 c) Fisheries 35 VII. Farm Machinery Suitable to the District 36 a) Farm mechanization/ Farm equipments 37 VIII. Telephone directory of important agriculture and related departments/ offices in Bongaigaon 37-43 List of figures: 1.a. location of Bongaigaon District 12 List of tables : Table 1 Average monthly rainfall (mm) at Bongaigaon during 2013 13 Table 2 a Demography profile, 2011 census 14-15 Table 2 b Rural and urban demographic profile, 2011 census 15 Table 3 Educational institutes in Bongaigaon district 16 Table 4 Number of Private hospitals and registered diagnostic centres, 2013 16 Table 5 Land use pattern of Bongaigaon District (Area in Hects.) 18-19 Table 6 Major crops & varieties in the Bongaigaon District 19 Table7 Area, production and productivity of major crops in Assam during 2014-15 19-20 Table 8 Area under high yielding variety of Rice, 2013-14 (Area in Hect.) 20 Table 9 Season wise consumption of fertilizers, 2013-14 (in tonnes) 20 Table.10 Crop season wise area irrigated 21 9 Table 11 Crop and crop season wise area irrigated in 2012-13 and 2013-14 (P) 21 Table 12 Information on soil type 21-22 Table 13 Information on land use pattern in different soil types in Bongaigaon District (Area in Ha) 22 Table 14 Estimated livestock and poultry population, 2013-14 (Sample survey) 22 Table 15. Total livestock and poultry population as per 18th Livestock census 2007 22-23 Table 16 Number and area under Fisheries, 2013-14 23 Table 17. Farmers’ group and organizations are working in livestock sectors 29-30 Table 18. Different ongoing schemes under Agricultural Department implementing in the Bongaigaon District, 2014-15 34 Table 19. Agricultural Implements and Farm Machinery 36 Table 20. Telephone directory of important agriculture and related departments/ offices in Bongaigaon KVK, District 37-43 10 Chapter I Bongaigaon District in General Bongaigaon district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in northeastern India. The district headquarters are located at Bongaigaon. The district of Bongaigaon was created on 29 September, 1989 from parts of Goalpara and Kokrajhar districts. The district loss size when part of the district was split to make Chirang district in the year 2004. Bongaigaon district occupies an area of 1093 sq. km. (Statistical Handbook Assam, 2014). The district is situated in North West side of Assam, surrounded by Kokrajhar and Dhubri district in North West, Barpeta in the East and river Brahmaputra in the south. Bongaigaon is situated at an average altitude of 62.6 m with the cardinal points 26028´ to 260 54´ North latitude and 890 to 900 96´ East longitude. As per 2011 census, the total population of the district is 7,38,804. Administratively, the district is divided into two subdivisions viz. Bongaigaon and North Salmara, 3 numbers of Revenue circles viz., Bongaigaon, Boitamari, Srijangram There are five community development blocks (CD) viz., Dangtol, Boitamari, Tapattari, Srijangram and Manikpur, and 65 numbers of Gaon Panchayat. Agriculture plays an important role in the economy of the district and about 70 per cent of the rural population directly involve in agriculture as their livelihood. Rice is the main crop of the district and mono-cropping of rice is a common practice in most of the rice growing areas. There is considerable scope of crop intensification by way of increased cropping intensity. Planned productivity, diversification and modernization of various subjects of agriculture help to increase the cropping intensity. Productivity enhancement in various crops is also an important issue as there is considerable yield gap due to various regions which need to be 11 addressed. Crop diversification and productivity enhancement will also look after food and nutritional security of the people of the district. Animal husbandry is a wide spread activity in the upland farming system; however, there is need to improve the productivity level in this sector. The agro-climatic condition of the district is ideally suited to livestock farming systems and there is assured local market for various produces. Inland fish production in the region is not satisfactory and a considerable portion of the fish is to be imported from outside the district. In some areas, integrated fish farming is being practiced which have potential for further development. The industrial scenario of the district is quite encouraging. This is one of the most industrially developed district in the state. There are 52 numbers of registered MSME units under the Commissionerate of Industries and Commerce, of which 48 are micro and 4 are small. The district has 39 different types of industry of which 5 agro-based, 2 forest based, 7 textile, 2 chemical, 7 engineering, 5 electronics, 3 mineral and rest 8 are miscellaneous.