Focus on Crop Diversification and Allied Activities

Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) is implementing Crop Diversification Programme in Original Green Revolution States of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh as a sub scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) since 2013-14 to divert the area of water guzzling paddy to alternate crops like pulses, oilseeds, maize, cotton and agro forestry system. The programme has been extended to tobacco growing states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal to encourage tobacco growing farmers to shift to alternate crops/cropping system w.e.f. 2015-16. Under Crop Diversification Programme, assistance is being provided for four major components / interventions viz. (i) alternate crop demonstrations (ii) farm mechanization and value addition (iii) site specific activities and (iv) contingency for awareness, training, implementation, monitoring, etc. Under RKVY, State Government can undertake agriculture including allied sector activities depending on state specific needs/priorities with the approval by State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) headed by Chief Secretary of the State.

Crop production technology of various agricultural and horticultural crops grown in different regions and ecologies are also promoted through other ongoing schemes of DAC&FW like National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI), National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP), National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), National Mission on Agricultural Extension & Technology (NMAET), Soil Health Card Scheme, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH). The technology support to farmers helps in achieving higher productivity, better management for increasing their income.

Government also support allied sector activities like dairy & poultry through Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries (DAHD&F) for the benefit of farmers under various programmes viz., National Programme for Bovine Breeding & Dairy Development (NPBBDD), National Dairy Plan, Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) and National Livestock Mission (NLM).

For boosting income of farmers, promotion and development of food processing sector in the country, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing a number of schemes, namely Scheme for Mega Food Parks, Scheme for Modern Abattoirs, Scheme for Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, Scheme for Creation/Expansion of Food Processing and Preservation, Scheme for Quality Assurance and Scheme for Human Resources and Institutions.

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