Supply of inputs like seeds, fertilizer and plant protection chemicals
Supply of credit.
Cooperative marketing
National Demonstration
Training.
Expansion of area under location specific high yielding varieties continued to be one of the main planks of the strategy for increasing food grain production in the country.
The high-yielding varieties programme was supported by central sector scheme of (i) Minikit Demonstration Programme for popularization of newly identified/newly released varieties suitable for different agro-climatic situation; (ii) Maize Demonstrations in Tribal/ backward areas of S.C. and S.T.
This programme achieved some significant results in increasing production and in creating the awareness to the cultivators about available means of increasing production like high yielding seeds, fertilizers and plant protection chemicals. However, there were also failures in this programme like unfavourable seasonal conditions, susceptibility of some crops towards pests and diseases and incomplete adoption of package of practices by many cultivators.
Participants