District Profile

S.N. Farming System/Enterprise
1 Dry Land or Rainfed Farming
2 Arid Horticulture
3 Animal Husbandry

Description of Agro-climatic Zone & major agro ecological situations (based on soil and topography)

Soil Type

S.N. Agro-Climatic Zone Characteristics
1 Zone Ic-Hyper arid partially irrigated zone The zone comprises of the district Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Churu (Tehsil Sujangarh, Ratangarh, Sardarshahr and Bidasar), the zone is characterized with dry plain area partially irrigated with IGNP and deep tube wells. The zone consist desert soils covered with sand dunes. The soils of the zone are mainly Sandy Loam to coarse sand. Rainfed cultivation of pearl millet, moth bean, cluster bean, etc is done on stabilized sand dunes and plain area. In a few pockets, irrigation facilities are available.

 

Topography

 

S.N. Agro Ecological Situation Characteristics
1 Hyper arid partially irrigated western plain Total area is 7.70 M ha in which 2.44 M ha is net sown . Annual rainfall is erratic (328 mm). The maximum and minimum temperature varies from 48oC to -2.7oC Major Crops: - In kharif mostly rainfed crops like pearl millet, moth bean, moong bean and cluster bean are grown. In rabi wheat, Barley, Mustard and chick pea are grown where irrigation facility is available.

 

Soil Types

 

S.N. Soil Type Characteristics Area in ha
1 Loamy sand Most of the area in the district falls under this category. Soils are having low water holding capacity and poor in fertility status. Only kharif crops are grown. 45%
2 Sandy Soil High longitudinal sand dunes are spread in the district. These shifting sand dunes restrict the crop production to stabilized sites only. These soils are very poor in organic carbon as well as other essential plant nutrients. 30%
3 Sandy Loam Soils are poor in organic carbon and water holding capacity having very less vegetation. These soils are suitable for conserved moisture farming. 17%
4 Saline/Alkaline soils Soils irrigated with underground water get salts accumulated and become problematic. Under such soil conditions only salt tolerant crops are raised. 3%

 

Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district (2014-15)

 

S.N. Crop Area (ha) Production (MT.) Productivity (Qt./ha)
  Kharif-2015      
1 Bajra 299565 19601700 6.54
2 Guar 518765 22542000 4.35
3 Moth Bean 226298 9109000 4.03
4 Moong Bean 40089 1978900 4.94
5 Chawala 897 27600 3.08
6 Groundnut 49705 10039000 20.20
7 Sesame 2954 129100 4.37
8 Cotton 614 1927 bale 5.34
  Rabi-2014-15      
9 Chickpea 219686 6854700 3.12
10 Wheat 32072 5194400 16.20
11 Barley 8114 1491700 18.38
12 Mustard 36374 3048900 8.38
13 Onion 388 185500 47.81
14 Cumin 1872 28400 1.52
15 Fenugreek 10615 725600 6.84
16 Taramira 55 800 1.45
17 Fennel 89 5300 5300
18 Coriander 20 1600 8.00
19 Isabgol 3423 61900 1.81

 

Weather Data (2015-16)

 

Month Rainfall (mm) Temperature C Relative Humidity (%)
April-15 38 Maximum : 43.6
Minimum : 17.3		 Maximum : NA
Minimum : NA
May-15 14 Maximum : 45.4
Minimum : 21.6		 Maximum :
Minimum :
June-15 28 Maximum : 48.0
Minimum : 23.0		 Maximum :
Minimum :
July-15 337 Maximum : 40.5
Minimum : 22.5		 Maximum :
Minimum :
August-15 163 Maximum : 40.0
Minimum : 23.8		 Maximum :
Minimum :
September-15 14 Maximum : 42.8
Minimum : 19.9		 Maximum :
Minimum :
October-15 5 Maximum : 41.4
Minimum : 11.8		 Maximum :
Minimum :
November-15   Maximum : 35.3
Minimum : 8.4		 Maximum :
Minimum :
December-15   Maximum : 32.2
Minimum : -0.4		 Maximum :
Minimum :
January-16   Maximum : 31.2
Minimum : 2.1		 Maximum :
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February-16 3 Maximum : 35.4
Minimum : 2.6		 Maximum :
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March-16   Maximum : 41.5
Minimum : 13.6		 Maximum :
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Total 602 Maximum :
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Production and productivity of livestock, Poultry, Fisheries etc. in the district

 

Category Population Production Productivity (l/day)
Cattle      
Crossbred 12442   7.67
Indigenous 243781   3.67
Buffalo 214673   5.62
Crossbred      
Indigenous 452293    
Goats 919579   0.64
Pigs 658    
Rabbits 11    

 

Thrust Area

 

Dry Land Farming / Water Conservation

To popularize rainfed/dry land farming through introduction and promotion of short duration and drought resistant cultivators of field crops and fruits

 

Soil Health Management

 

Emphasizing the sustainable soil health management such as soil conservation techniques, applying manures and fertilizers on the basis of soil testing, etc.

 

Horticulture / Arid Horticulture

 

Introduction of cultivars of medicinal value suitable for desert area, promoting of orchard of pomegranate and ber, motivating farmers for water serving techniques such as poly houses, etc.

 

Animal Husbandry

 

To improve the production and productivity of animals through scientific practices of feeding, breeding housing and health management. Introduction.

 

Farm Women Empowerment

 

  • Training of rural women for scientific farming techniques such as seed treatment, safre seed and grain storage and popularizing the modern preservation techniques of locally available farm produces.
  • To make aware the farm women about the family health and gender related issues and in house environment.
  • Enhance the soil participation of women through group formation, etc.


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Organic and Integrated Farming

Popularizing the integrated farming for risk management and promotion of organic farming through integrated soil nutrition management and integrated pest and diseases management techniques.