agricultural development programmes

its about agricultural development programmes

1. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

2. LIST OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (IADP) 1960 To provide loan , seeds , fertilizer tools to the farmers.  INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE AREA PROGRAM (IAAP) 1964 To develop the special harvest.   HIGH YIELDING VARIETY PROGRAM (HYVP) 1966 To increase productivity of food grains by adopting latest varieties of inputs for crops. 

3. MARGINAL FARMER AND AGRICULTURE LABOUR AGENCY (MFALA) 1973 For technical and financial assistance to marginal and small farmer and agricultural labor.     SMALL FARMER DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SFDA) 1974 For technical and financial assistance to small farmers.   FARMER AGRICULTURE SERVICE CENTRES (FASC) 1983 To popularize the use of improved agricultural instruments and tool kits.  

4. AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEBT RELIEF SCHEME (ARDRS) 1990  To exempt bank loans up to Rs. 10,000 of rural artisans and weaver.  INTENSIVE COTTON DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (ICDP) 2000 To enhance the production, per unit area through (a) technology transfer, (b) supply of quality seeds, (c) elevating IPM activities/ and (d) providing adequate and timely supply of inputs to the farmers . NATIONAL PULSES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (NPDP) 1986 To increase the production of pulses in the country to achieve self sufficiency.

5. IADP(1960) package programme assistance of Ford Foundation. 7 DISTRICTS Thanjavur (TamilNadu) West Godavari ( Andhra Pradesh) Shahabad (Bihar) Raipur (Madhya Pradesh) Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) Ludhiana (Punjab) Pali (Rajasthan) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF DISTRICT Water supply Not exposed to natural hazards Well developed cooperative credit structure Maximum potential to show increased production within the shortest possible time

6. To demonstrate the most effective ways of increasing production and thus to provide lessons for Extending such intensified and agricultural production programmes to other areas

7. FEATURES OF IADP Factors of production were not provide simultaneously, timely and adequately Inputs were made available 100% of the requirement periodical training of staff staff

8. Credit availability to farmers Posting of agricultural and co-operative staff Analysis and evaluation

9. IAAP [1964] Revised version of IADP less intensive LESS COSTLY PROGRAM Launched in selected blocks Of 150 districts

10. IAAP OBJECTIVES Followed the package approaches of use of improved methods The use of interrelated factors of physical,social and institutional where also followed in a strategic combination mainly to produce an impact on agricultural production

11. HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES PROGRAMME-1966 Punjab, Haryana and Western parts of UP were initially selected Later on it was extended to other areas also resulted in a substantial increase in foodgrains production. .

12. OBJECTIVES OF HYVP Attaining self –sufficiency in food Technological development did not remain confined to the introduction of high yielding crop varieties-made green revolution possible Wheat production doubled, rice production had substantial increase

13. SFDA-Small farmer’s development agency & MFALA- Marginal Farmer’s and Agricultural Labour’s Agency

14. SETTING UP OF SFDA Depression of small cultivators highlighted by Rural credit enquiry committee(1969) In the fourth plan two separate agencies of SFDA and MFALA was set up in selected districts as registered societies MFALA was amalgamated with SFDA to form one unified Corporate body known as SFDA

15. To improve the income through productive activities and improving their existing ones. The following steps were taken: Identification of target groups in selected districts

16. By formulating viable agricultural / non-agricultural schemes for the target groups Provision of SUBSIDY at the rate of 25% and 33%of the total cost of an approved scheme to the selected beneficiaries

17. Co-ordinate the various public sector agencies located in the area Promotion of common facilities of providing storage, marketing as well as strengthening co-operative institutions for providing credit

18. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)(or) National agriculture development program(NADP) AIMS AT achieving 4% annual growth in the agriculture sector during the XI Plan period, by ensuring a holistic development of Agriculture and allied sectors.

19. OBJECTIVES To incentivize the states that increase their investment in Agriculture and allied sectors To provide flexibility and autonomy to the States in planning and executing programmes for agriculture To ensure the preparation of Agriculture Plans for the districts and states To achieve the goal of reducing the yield gaps in important crops To maximize returns to the farmers To address the agriculture and allied sectors in an integrated manner  

20. State plan scheme preparation of the district and State Agriculture Plans is mandatory The pattern of funding is 100% Central Government Grant. It will integrate agriculture and allied sectors comprehensively It will give high levels of flexibility to the states Projects with definite time-lines are highly encouraged FEATURES OF RKVY

21. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION PROJECT L A U N C H E D CREDI TED Government of India World bank OPERATED ICAR

22. COMPONENTS OF NAIP ICAR as the catalyzing agent for the management of change in the Indian NARS Research on production to consumption systems(PCS) Research on sustainable rural livelihood security and basic and strategic research in the frontier areas of agricultural sciences(BSR)

23. THE BASIC PRINCIPLES   In other words, the agricultural research system should be able to support agriculture as a business venture and also as a means of security of livelihood of the rural Indian while maintaining excellence in science.

24. To make the National Agricultural Research System a 'pluralistic' system where every Organisation having stake in agricultural research: public, private or civil society, has to play a role.

25. Working in well defined partnership groups with clear common goals and understanding on sharing responsibilities and benefits. Funding through competition so that a wide choice of excellent innovative ideas come in from the stakeholders themselves. Work with focus, plan and time frames.

26. Total Budget for the NAIP = US $ 250 million World Bank will fund US $ 200 million Government of India will fund US $ 50 million