AGRICULTURE

 

 

• 55% population of country depends on agriculture for their livelihood.
• Agriculture is a subject of concurrent list so effort of both central and state government required .
• Production in 2013-14 was record but it reduced due to deficient monsoon in 2014-15.
• Department of Agriculture, cooperation and Farmer welfare (DACFW). Has assigned the responsibility of formulation and implementation of policies and programs aims to agriculture welfare.
• DACFW implemented polices in 2015-16 following-

 

Krishinonnati yojna

• Umbrella scheme covers following
  

  NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION(NFSM)-

• Launched – 2007-08
• Increase the production of Wheat, Pulses and Rice.
• By the end of 11^th five year plan the area expansion and productivity enhancement, resorting soil fertility and productivity.
• 12^th five year plan has new target to increase more productivity.
• And this includes coarse cereals into the program.
• Activities in it to distribute hybrid seeds, soil management, farm mechanization, resource conservation techniques etc.
• Fund sharing ratio 50:50 between state and center.

NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION COMMERCIAL CROP

(NFSM-CC)-

• This scheme is for the development of cotton jute and sugarcane production under the NFSM-CC scheme from 2014-15.
• Share 50:50 between state and central governments

Mission for Integrated development of Horticulture (MIDH)

• Horticulture includes –fruits, vegetables, tuber crops (like sweet potato), mushrooms, spices and aromatic plants, flowers and foliage, and plantation crops like coconuts ,arecanut, cashew nuts, cocoa, bamboo.
• Previous related missions are- National horticulture mission, Horticulture mission for north east Himalayan states and national bamboo mission
• Three central sector were working i.e. national horticulture board, coconut development board and central institute for horticulture

National mission on oil palm –

• This mission envisages increase in production of Vegetables oil ,oil palm and tree borne oilseeds.at the end of 12^th FYP

 

Soil heath card scheme –

• Implemented in 12^th FYP
• Under this scheme soil heath card provide to every farmers in country at an interval of 3 years.
• After collecting the soil 12 parameter viz. Ph, electrical conductivity, organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, sulphur, iron, zinc, copper manganese, and boron .
• Government will provide training to farmers for awareness about soil.

 

Parampragati krishi vikas yojna-

• To promote organic farming
• For this every farmer provided 20,000 Rup/acre over three year to meet end to end expenditure including transport to market.

 

Support to state extension programs for extension reforms-

• Farmers advisory committee (FACs) at block/dist. and state level
• Providing farmer to farmer learning and support from farmer friend

Kisan call center

• Operated from 2004
• Free services for farmers on 1800-180-1551

Farmer’s portal –

• “ONE STOP” for all farmers to accesses information about farming

Integrated scheme on Agriculture marketing (ISAM)-

• Provide farmer to accesses ore market and infrastructure.
• From 2014 a single window from all agri-marketing

 

Integrated scheme on agriculture cooperation–

• Co-operative are important institutional for the economic development of agriculture and rural economy
• Co-operative activities such as –

1. credit distribution
2. Distribution of agriculture input such as fertilizer, seed and agro-chemical. Etc.

Pradhan mantri krishi sichai yojna –

• The target for scheme-

1. Ensuring water access to every agriculture farm (har khet ko pani).
2. Increasing agriculture production with the efficient use of water

• Autonomy to state for progress and planning.

1. Comprehensive irrigation plan on state level.

National crop insurance scheme-

• Introduce in 1985
• Restructured as pilot scheme modified national insurance scheme, weather based crop insurance scheme.

Rashtriya Krishi vikas yojna –

• Launched 2007-08

Saffron mission –

1. Initiated in 2010-11
2. For cultivation of saffron in J&K

Vidharbha intensive irrigation development program-

• Objective-

1. Conserve the soil
2. Build check dam

• Initiate in-situ soil moisture conservation
• During 12^th FYP from 2013-17.

Crop diversification in original green revolution state-

• Due to excessive use of resources in Punjab Haryana and western UP the problem of decline of soil fertility and depleting water table in this state.
• This program for diversifying the crop pattern of the states.
• Share 50:50 state and center.

Indian council of agriculture research –

• An autonomous institute under the department of agriculture research and education (DARE),ministry of agriculture and farmer welfare, GOI.
• Apex body for managing recourse and education in agriculture and allied sector.
• The government emphasized on soil heath for better productivity and for that council has develop

1. Soil testing kit
2. Soil test labs

• Practice for balance used of fertilizer

1. Organic manure and rain water harvesting

• The council aim to increase cultivation of pulses to 27.5 million ha. And productivity to one tone/ha.
• Its also promoting PPP model of agri-advisory through m-krishi.
• Councils initiative –

1. FARMER FIRST (farmer, innovation, recourse, science and technology).
2. Students READY (rural entrepreneurship and awareness development yojna).
3. ARYA(ATRACTING RETRAINING YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE).
4. MERA GAON MERA GAURAV