District Profile

S. No	Farming system/enterprise
1	Rabi : Wheat, maize, gram, lentil, linseed, pea, mustard, pointed gourd, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, brinjal, potato, Tomato, Cabbage & Sugarcane.
2	Kharif : Paddy, Maize, Red gram, millets.
3	Zaid : Mungbean, cucumber & different types of melons & mentha
4	Horticultural Crop : Mango, Bael, Guava, Jamun, Jackfruits etc.

*Source – District Agriculture Department & ATMA, Munger

S. No

Agro-climatic Zone

Characteristics

IIIA (Regional)

04(National)

Sandy loam(Diara), clay loam (tal) & loamy soil (Hilly Plain)pH = 6.5 to 8, organic carbon = 0.5 to 1% Available N:P:K (Kg/ha) = 200-400 N : 10 – 100 P : 150 – 300 K

Average max. Temperature – 38⁰C

Average low. Temperature – 7⁰C

Average Relative humidity = 52%

Average rain fall-1120mm, crop intensity 152%

S. No	Agro ecological situation	Characteristics
1	Diara	Shallow tubewells have been dug & plastic casing or bamboo casing is used to lift ground water for irrigation. Flood prone area consists of sandy loam and sandy soil( entisols ) having fertile alluvial soil for rabi crops. It is gangetaic plain area.
2	Tal	Tal soil (Vertisols) C- content good, Low content in P & K, PH – 6.7 to 7.3. Tal land remains fully submerge by water in kharif and only rabi crops have been cultivated as mono cropping system. Tal soil has high water holding capacity in micro pore space of clay black soil. It is suitable for pulse & oilseed crops.
3	Hilly Plain	Hillly plain red soil (Oxisoil), like Chhota Nagpur soil.pH 5.5 to 7.3 & oxisol has high infiltration rate of water and less water holding capacity, crops which require less water are cultivated in this hilly plain area. Most crops are grown in rainfed situation due to lack of deep tubewell
4	Hilly	Sloppy land (slope >1.5%) is found in hilly area in which paddy and other perennial fruit/forest crop are cultivated by deforming land with bench, bund and terracing method. Watershed management programmes have been conducted by Government & NGOs.

Soil type

S. No	Soil type	Characteristics	Area in ha
1	Sandy loam	Diara land (Entisols) poor in C content, N & P low, highly alkaline, PH – 6.9 to 7.7	16030
2	Clay & clay loam	Tal soil (Vertisols) C- content low, Low content in P & K, PH – 6.7 to 7.3	5500
3	Loamy Soil	Hillly plain (Oxisols) soil, High infiltration rate, like Chhota Nagpur soil. pH 5.5 to 7.3	21200

Priority thrust areas

S. No	Thrust area
1.	Productivity enhancement in Rice-Wheat cropping system
2.	Natural Resource conservation and management
3.	Livestock production & management
4.	Watershed management& plantation of horticultural plants.
5.	Entrepreneurship development among farm women and rural youth
6.	Mechanization in Agril.

Area, Production and Productivity of major crops cultivated in the district

S. No	Crop	Area (ha)	Production (q)	Productivity (q/ha)
1	Paddy	12200	268400	22
2.	Wheat	22300	579800	26
3.	Rabi Maize	7130	327980	46
	Kharif Maize	4100	86100	21
4.	Gram	6170	67870	11
5.	Lentil	9190	114875	12.5
6.	Pea	3300	39600	12
7.	Rai/Mustard	3270	42510	13
8.	Tisi (Line Seed)	85	765	9
9.	Sunflower	26	182	7
10.	Summer Paddy	0	0	0
11.	Summer Maize	130	4420	34
12.	Summer moong (Moong bean)	175	1750	10
13.	Til	176	1408	8
14.	Babycorn	6	42	7
15.	Red Gram	350	5250	15
16.	Fruit	4145	0
	i. Banana	30	11850	395
	ii. Citrus	375	36000	96
	iii. Guava	310	24800	80
	iv. Litchi	81	6075	75
	v. Mango	3300	257400	78
	vi. Papaya	18	8370	465
	vii. Ber	13	663	51
	viii. Aonla	18	216	12
17	Vegetables	4531	0
	i. Brinjal	265	49025	185
	ii. Cabbage	85	18275	215
	iii. Cauliflower	675	135675	201
	iv. Okra	55	5775	105
	v. Onion	235	35250	150
	vi. Pea	1200	132000	110
	vii. Potato	320	62400	195
	viii. Sweet Potato	85	24650	290
	ix. Tomato	578	137564	238
	x. Carrot	11	1067	97
	xi. Radish	115	15870	138
	xii. Cucumber	175	42875	245