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State Agriculture Department, India |
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Andaman & Nicobar
: The Department of Agriculture, Andaman & Nicobar was established in 1945 to develop agriculture in these islands in a systematic and scientific line. After independence, major stress was under area expansion in agriculture development, and land for agriculture expanded unto the end of 4th Five Year Plan. As on date, agricultural activities are therefore confirmed to an area of about fifty thousand hectare. |
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Chhattisgarh
: Chhattisgarh, the 26th state of the Indian Union came into existence on November 1,2000. The state is geographically situated between 17046'N and 2405 North Latitude and 80015'E and 84020' East Longitude. The total geographical area is around 136 lakh ha. of which cultivable land area is 58.81 lakh ha & forest land area is 60.76 lakh ha with more than 2.07 crore population. About 80 percent of the population in the state is engaged in agriculture and 43 percent of the entire arable land is under cultivation. Paddy is the principal crop and the central plains of Chhattisgarh are known as rice bowl of central India. Other major crops are coarse grains, wheat, maize, groundnut, pulses and oilseeds. The region is also suitable for growing mango, banana, guava & other fruits and a variety of vegetables with 44 percent of its area under forests it has one of the richest bio-diversity areas in the country. It has abundant minor forest produce like Tendu leaves, Sal seed, etc. Medicinal plants, bamboo, lac and honey are other potential money earners for the state. Chhattisgarh has embarked on a concerted plan to increase double-cropped areas, diversify the cropping pattern and improve incomes from agro-based small-scale enterprises. In order to unlock the true potential of agriculture sector in the state, government is paying special attention towards better management of its water resources. To reduce the farmers dependence on rainfall, government is working towards increasing the irrigation potential of the state. It is estimated that approximately 43 lakh hectares can be potentially irrigated covering 75 percent of the entire cropped area in the state. Ravi Shankar Sagar Mahanadi project, Hasdeo-Bango, Kodar and others are some of the important irrigation projects in the state. |
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Himachal Pradesh
: The Department of Agriculture was established in the year 1948.In 1950, it was merged with Forest Department. The Department started functioning independently in the year 1952. In 1970, Horticulture was carved out of the Department of Agriculture and separate Department of Horticulture was established. The agriculture research was also taken out from Agriculture Department and was assigned to Agriculture Complex now Agriculture University, Palampur. The Department of Agriculture is therefore now concentrating on agriculture production and soil water conservation. |
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Kerala
: This department deals with the formulation and implementation of various programmes to augment production of both food crops and cash crops in the State. It undertakes activities among farmers to promote scientific methods of cultivation plant protection etc. and also arranges the supply of high yielding varieties of seeds, seedlings, planting materials and plant protection chemicals to farmers. The department also formulates policies and programmes relating to provision of credit to farmers. Agricultural Research, Education and Extension are three important functions of the department. It runs agricultural farms and also has an engineering wing. |
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Nagaland
: History of the inception of the department dated back to 1956, when the Naga Hills was a district under Assam and Mr. Maosing, the lone District Agriculture Officer stationed at Kohima. The first Naga Agriculture Inspector was Late. Imtionen.The present district of Tuensang and Mon were at that time under North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), and Mr. I. Panger, Rtd. Director of Agriculture, served as DAO, Tuensang. In the year 1957, Naga Hill district of Assam and Tuensang and Mon division of NEFA were merged and formed into Naga Hill Tuensang Area (NHTA), bifurcating from the State of Assam with Shillong as its capital.Sometime in 1960, Central Government posted Mr. Bhollar as Nagaland Agriculture Officer. Subsequently in1963 the Agriculture Department became a full-fledged Department under the Directorship of Mr. Kharsati. |
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Orissa
: The Agriculture Department mainly consists of 3 executive wings namely, Directorate of Agriculture, Directorate of Horticulture, Directorate of Soil Conservation and Watershed Mission. Besides these, a number of autonomous bodies like Orissa State Seeds Corporation (O.S.S.C), Orissa Agro Industries Corporation (O.A.I.C.), Agriculture Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa Limited (APICOL), Orissa State Seed Certification Agency (OSSCA), Institute of Management and Agriculture Extension (IMAGE), Orissa Cashew Development Corporation are also working under the department.Of the three, the Directorate of Agriculture is the oldest, which started functioning from 1945 onwards as the Directorate of Development, subsequently renamed as the Directorate of Agriculture and Food Production, Orissa from which the other two Directorates got separated in the years 1977 and 1978. |
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Tamil Nadu
: Agriculture continues to be the most predominant sector of the State economy, as 70% of the population is engaged in Agriculture and allied activities for their livelihood. The State has as an area of 1.3 Lakh sq.km with a gross cropped area of around 63 L.Ha. The Government's policy and objectives have been to ensure stability in agricultural production and to increase the agricultural production in a sustainable manner to meet the food requirement of growing population and also to meet the raw material needs of agro based industries, thereby providing employment opportunities to the rural population. Tamil Nadu has all along been one of the states with a creditable performance in agricultural production with the farmers relatively more responsive and receptive to changing technologies and market forces. The Agriculture Department has taken up the challenge to achieve higher growth rate in agriculture by implementing several development schemes and also propagation of relevant technologies to step up the production. Intensive Integrated farming system, massive Wasteland Development Programme, comprehensive watershed development activities, water management through Micro irrigation systems, Organic farming, Soil health improvement through Bio-fertiliser including Green Manuring, adoption of Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technologies are given priority through various programmes, besides crop diversification to fetch better return and value addition to agricultural produce are also given priority to improve the economic status of the farming community. |
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West Bengal
: The Department of Agriculture, West Bengal is concerned with activities relating to policy decisions on agricultural production and productivity, and its extension through technology generation, transfer of technology, ensuring availability and timely distribution of agriculture inputs specially seeds, fertilisers, subsidy, credit etc. along with support service through soil testing, soil conservations, water conservations, Seed testing, seed certification, plan production, Quality control of fertilisers and pesticides etc. |
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