RICE IN MADHYA PRADES - PADDY IN MADHYA PRADESH

RICE IN MADHYA PRADES

I. Name of the state: Madhya Pradesh

II. Introduction

Madhya Pradesh literally means “central province” is located almost in the middle of India bordered
by Gujarat on the west, Rajasthan on the northwest, Uttar Pradesh on the northeast, Chhattisgarh on the
east, and Maharashtra on the south. This is the second largest state in terms of area and is thickly
covered by forests which account for one third of the state’s geographical area. The state is filled with all
types of geographical structures including hills, plains, plateaus, rivers and forests. Madhya Pradesh is an
agrarian state with about 74% population of the state depending directly or indirectly on agriculture.
Agriculture and its allied services contribute 31%  share in the state’s economy. Madhya Pradesh is
constantly improving its agricultural produce by implementing various plans and projects. The
introduction of high yielding varieties of crops and utilization of various chemical fertilizers has brought a
revolution in the crop production.
 In M.P. rice is grown in the area of about 15.59 lakh ha with production of 14.62 lakh tons and
productivity 989 kg/ha which is far below than the average national productivity (2010 kg/ha). In Madhya
Pradesh around 5000 ha is under hybrid rice particular in under irrigated production system. Rice hybrid
produce about 14-18% higher grain yield include a more vigorous and extensive root system (Yang and
Sung, 1988), increase growth rate during vegetative phase more efficient sink formation and greater sink
size (Kabaki,1993), greater carbohydrate translocation from vegetative part to spikelets (Song et al.1990),
larger leaf area index (LAI) during the grain filling period and increased spikelet number and to some
extent in grain weight (Agata,1990). In recent years, farmers are growing rice hybrids in lowlands and
bunded uplands under irrigated ecosystem in M.P. and Rewa division in particular consequently : the
productivity of rice is shown rising trench.