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Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India |
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Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP)
: The Agricultural Prices Commission was set up in January 1965 to advise the Government of India on price policy of major agricultural commodities with a view to evolving a balance and integrated price structure in the perspective of the overall needs of the economy and with due regard to the interests of the producer and the consumer. Since March 1985, the Commission has been known as Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices. |
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Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (AGRICOOP)
: Ministry of Agriculture comprises of three Departments viz. Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Department of Agricultural Research & Education/ICAR and Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying. The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation is responsible for the formulation and implementation of National policies and programmes aimed at achieving rapid agricultural growth through optimum utilization of the country's land, water. Soil and plant resources. The Department undertakes all possible measures to ensure timely and adequate supply of inputs and services such as fertilizers, seeds pesticides, agricultural implements and also provides agricultural credit, crops insurance and ensures remunerative returns to the farmer for his agricultural produce. The Department is entrusted with the responsibility of collection and maintenance of a wide range of statistical and economic data relating to agriculture, required for development planning, organising agricultural census, assisting and advising the States in undertaking scarcity relief measures and in management of natural calamities e.g. flood, drought, cyclone, etc. Matters relating to formulation of overall cooperative policy in the country, national cooperative organisations, cooperative training and education come under the preview of the Department. The Department also participates in activities of international organizations, for fostering bilateral cooperation in agricultural and allied sectors and for promotion of export in agricultural commodities. The Department is organised into 22 Divisions and Technology Mission on oilseeds & Pulses. In addition, it has 4 Attached offices and 22 Subordinate offices spread all over the country for coordination with State level agencies and also for implementing Central Sector Schemes in their respective fields. There are two Public Sector Undertakings, Six Autonomous Bodies and eleven National level Cooperative Organisations with the Department. A Technology Mission on oilseeds and Pulses and the Commission for Agricultural Cost &Prices (CACP) also function under the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation. |
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Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (AH&D)
: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (AH&D)
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (AH&D) - now renamed as Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries (DADF) is one of the Departments in the Ministry of Agriculture and came into existence w.e.f. 1st February, 1991, by converting two divisions of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation namely Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development into a separate Department. The Fisheries Division of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and a part of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries were later transferred to this Department w.e.f. 10th October, 1997. The Department is responsible for matters relating to livestock production, preservation, protection from disease and improvement of stocks and dairy development, and also for matters relating to the Delhi Milk Scheme and the National Dairy Development Board. It also looks after all matters pertaining to fishing and fisheries, inland and marine. The Department advises State Governments/Union Territories in the formulation of policies and programmes in the field of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries. The main thrust areas are:
Development of requisite infrastructure in States/UTs for improving productivity, Preservation and protection of livestock through provision of health care, Strengthening of Central livestock farms (Cattle, Sheep and Poultry) for development of superior germplasm for distribution to states and, Expansion of Aquaculture in fresh & brackish water, and welfare of fisher-folk etc.
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Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES)
: The Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), an attached office of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, collects, disseminates and publishes statistics on diverse facets of agriculture and related sectors required for policy formulation by the Government of India. Over the years, a number of initiatives have been taken to bring about improvement in the coverage, quality and timely availability of these statistics. Recent years have witnessed growing emphasis on the need to bring about necessary changes and refinements in the existing system to make it capable of coping with the challenges posed by emerging policy issues in a more open economy. Among the various functions of the DES, the most well known is perhaps the one relating to Minimum Support Prices (MSPs), which are fixed on the basis of the recommendations made by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices. The most important factor considered by the CACP in making its recommendations on MSPs for different crops is the cost of cultivation/production for which the database is provided by the DES through its plan scheme on cost of cultivation. The relevance and significance of MSP is linked to production and prices. Advance information on the production of different crops therefore assumes considerable importance. Similarly monitoring of the price movements in both the domestic and international markets is equally important in relation to the MSP regime. A sound database on different facets of agriculture is important both for the formulation of policy and the evaluation of its effectiveness in achieving the desired goals. The Plan Schemes of DES seek to serve this purpose. |
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Directorate of Extension
: The Directorate of Extension was set up in 1958 in the wake of launching of Community Development Programmes and National Extension Service throughout the country in 1953. Apart from functions of dissemination of specific knowledge to farmers and supervision of the countrywide extension-training infrastructure, Directorate of Extension was also later called upon to implement National Programmes like Intensive Agricultural District Programme (IADP) and Intensive Agricultural Areas Programmes (IAAP). However, since 1974 the emphasis was shifted to Training and Visit system of Extension, which was introduced in 17 major states with the World Bank Assistance. The Directorate of Extension/Extension Division is the nodal agency in the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture for agricultural extension programmes. It assists and encourages the State Departments in organising, maintaining and operating professional extension services. The role of Extension Division/Directorate of Extension is essentially collaborative, providing guidance, technical support to the Extension Division. |
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Directorate of Marketing & Inspection
: The Directorate of marketing and inspection implements the agricultural marketing programmes of the Union Government under the supervision and control of Union Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. It aims at bringing integrated development of marketing of agricultural and allied produce in the country. It is headed by Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India (AMA). It maintains a close liaison between Central and State Governments through its Branch Head office at Nagpur, 11 Regional Offices and 37 sub-offices spread all over the country. It has a network of 22 Regional Agmark Laboratories with Central Agmark Laboratory at Nagpur as apex laboratory. |
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Directorate of Oilseeds Development
: Directorate of Oilseeds Development, Hyderabad was set up in 1966 by the Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural & Co-operation to look after the development of oilseeds in the country. It is a sub-ordinate office of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation entrusted with task of planning formulating and monitoring activities dealing with input support to Oilseeds farmers under the Mini-Mission III of the four Mini-Missions under the Technology Mission on Oilseeds set up in May 1986 for integrated development of Oilseeds in the country. With the restructuring of 9 crops Development Directorates under the Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, the Directorate has also been assigned the responsibility to monitor development of other major Agriculture Crops in Andhra Pradesh looked after by its eight sister Directorates (Millets, Pulses, Cotton, Jute, Rice, Wheat, Sugarcane and Tobacco). |
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Directorate of Pulses Development
: Directorate of Pulses Development, one of the nine Commodity Development Directorates (Jute, Cotton, Wheat, Millets, Rice, Sugarcane, Tobacco and Oilseeds) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate of Agriculture & Corporation (DAC) was established at Lucknow in 1971 with the merger of Regional Extension Units at Ahmedabad. The National Head Quarter of the Pulses Development on the recommendation of "Commodity Development Directorates Re-organisation Committee" was subsequently shifted to Bhopal (M.P.) in 1996. The National Head Quarter of Pulses Development is responsible for monitoring the pulses development scheme under Integrated Scheme of Oilseeds, Pulses, Oil palm and Maize (ISOPOM) in 437 districts of 14 States in the Country. |
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Directorate of Rice Development
: The Directorate of Rice Development, a sub-ordinate office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dept. of Agriculture & Co-Operation, Govt. of India has been functioning from Patna, the capital city of Bihar State since 1-1-1970. The major activity of the Directorate is to popularise the latest high yielding varieties of rice among the farmers of different rice growing eco-systems in various states of the country, through demonstration trials and also arranging training programmes to impart trainings to the Agriculture Extension Officers (AEO) about the latest improved production technology evolved by the Agriculture Scientist. |
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Directorate of Sugarcane Development
: The present set up of the Directorate of Sugarcane Development was created in 1970; after carrying out from the parental organization i.e. Indian Central Sugarcane Committee (ICSC), established in 1944. This Directorate, a sub-ordinate office of crops division (Department of Agriculture & Cooperation) Ministry of Agriculture had been shifted from Ghaziabad to its present headquarters at Lucknow in September 1995; in pursuance of Government policy decision effecting a reorganization of crop development Directorates. The Directorate of Sugarcane Development, Lucknow created in 1970 was shifted to Lucknow as a result of reorganization of CDDs in 1995, as a subordinate office. The Mandate of the Directorate is to assist the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation in review and overall production planning of Sugarcane scenario. The Directorate has been entrusted bifocal responsibilities namely - i) Overall development of Nodal crop SUGARCANE and ii) Significant improvement in sugar recovery. a) To assist the States/UTs to plan, formulate and implement Sugarcane programmes to increase production and productivity. b) To monitor the implementation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Sugarcane Development Scheme as a nodal crop and others all major crops produced in U.P. & Uttaranchal as area office. c) To study & analyse the trend of weather, crop acreage area, production and productivity as well as transport, marketing and prices. d) To liaison with different states Agricultural Universities and Central Govt. institutions & inter action and coordination with the project Directorates/Research Institutes and centres those are related to sugarcane & major crops produced in U.P. & Uttaranchal. |
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Directorate of Wheat Development
: Directorate of Wheat Development
The Directorate of Wheat Development, a sub-ordinate office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture & Co-Operation, Government of India has been functioning from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh since 1995. Its main objectives / functions are - A. Nodal Crops (Wheat & Barley) - To assist the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC), to plan, formulate, coordinate and monitor nodal crop development programmes at National Level and recommend measures to improve them. To assist the States/ Union Territories to plan, formulate and implement crops programme to increase production and productivity. To interact with National and State Institutions in planning the production of seeds. To liaise with State Agriculture Universities and Central Government Institutes for organising training course in improved production technology. To have closer interaction/ coordination with the Project Directorates/ Institutes and other Research Centres of ICAR and represent Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in their Management Committees and ICAR's Regional Committees with a view to benefit from research and improved production technology and assist the Ministry of Agriculture to formulate farmers friendly schemes with a unified approach for the overall development of agriculture sector as a whole. To keep in touch with Research Development by Agriculture Universities, National and International Organisations and maintain the flow of information and ideas between research and development. To have a close liaison with National Institute for Management for Agricultural Extension (MANAGE) in identifying the areas where MANAGE can provide support and bridge the gap in increasing productivity of nodal crop. To provide the technical support to the extension agencies with respect to the nodal crop as and when required. In this context the Directors of Commodity Development Directorate may attend the State Level Crop Training Programmes; provide literature on training manuals; and also periodically visit some such projects relating to their respective nodal crops and provide feed back to Extension Division. To participate in meetings of Zonal Research and Extension Advisory Committee (ZREAC) and have closer interaction/ coordination through this forum in relevant functions and responsibilities. To watch the performance of the newly evolved released varieties of seeds. To study and analyses trends in weather, crop area, production and productivity as well as transport, marketing and prices. To report regularly to Department of Agriculture and Cooperation on weather and crop prospects as well as market and price trends. To assist Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in fixing targets of production and suggest measures to achieve them. To build the relevant data and records in respect of nodal crop. To serve as a Secretariat for the respective Crop Development Council. B. Area specific objectives for nodal crops of sister Directorates in the assigned state / UTs (Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh). To function as eyes and ears of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation also for all major crops produced in assigned States/ Union Territories and to function as area officer for these states. To maintain liaison with state Government/ Departments and other Development Agencies on Crop development programme. To monitor the crop programme and report to Crops Division/ States about the gap between planning and performance. To monitor the availability of Inputs and extension services. To report regularly to Department of Agriculture & Cooperation on weather, crop prospects, storage, processing, movement and prices of crops harvested. To report to the other Crops Directorates on matters relating to the respective nodal crops, weather, crop prospects and other important developments. To represent Department of Agriculture & Cooperation on Control Study/ Teams etc. To participate in Kharif Conference, Rabi Conference, Zonal Seed Meetings etc.
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Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR)
: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) acts as a repository of information and provides consultancy on agriculture, horticulture, resource management, animal sciences, agricultural engineering, fisheries, agricultural extension, agricultural education, home science and agricultural communication. It has the mandates to co-ordinate agricultural research and development programmes and develop linkages at national and international level with related organisations to enhance the quality of life of the farming community.
ICAR has established various research centres in order to meet the agricultural research and education needs of the country. It is actively pursuing human resource development in the field of agricultural sciences by setting up numerous agricultural universities spanning the entire country. The Technology Intervention Programmes also form an integral part of ICAR's agenda which establishes Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) responsible for training, research and demonstration of improved technologies.
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Plant Quarantine Organisation of India
: The Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage (Dept. of PPQS) established under Department of Agriculture & Cooperation of Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, is an apex plant protection organisation in the country having the following key functions:
To enforce Plant Quarantine Regulations issued under The Destructive Insects & Pests Act, 1914 and amendments issued there under to prevent introduction & spread of exotic pests, to implement the provisions of The Insecticides Act, 1968 and rules framed there under for effective control over use of pesticides, to fulfill international commitment and obligations in respect of locust control and phytosanitary measures, to introduce and popularise innovative plant protection technologies such as integrated pest management (IPM) practices, to impart training in areas of plant protection technology, pesticide quality testing & pesticide residue analysis etc., to coordinate and liaise with State/Union Territory Governments in all matters relating to plant protection.
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