Following is the list of Agricultural Development Programmes:
| S.No. | Agricultural Development Programme | Year of Beginning | Objective/Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intensive Agriculture Development Program (IADP) | 1960 | To provide loan , seeds , fertilizer tools to the farmers. |
| 2 | Intensive Agriculture Area Program (IAAP) | 1964 | To develop the special harvest. |
| 3 | High Yielding Variety Program (HYVP) | 1966 | To increase productivity of foodgrains by adopting latest varieties of inputs for crops. |
| 4 | Green Revolution | 1966 | To increase the foodrains , specially food production. |
| 5 | Nationalization of 4 banks | 1969 | To provide loans for agriculture , rural development and other priority sector. |
| 6 | Marginal Farmer and Agriculture Labor Agency (MFALA) | 1973 | For technical and financial assistance to marginal and small farmer and agricultural labor. |
| 7 | Small Farmer Development Agency (SFDA) | 1974 | For technical and financial assistance to small farmers. |
| 8 | Farmer Agriculture Service Centres (FASC) | 1983 | To popularize the use of improved agricultural instruments and tool kits. |
| 9 | Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme | 1985 | For insurance of agricultural crops. |
| 10 | Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief Scheme (ARDRS) | 1990 | To exempt bank loans upto Rs. 10,000 of rural artisans and weaver. |
| 11 | Intensive Cotton Development Programme (ICDP) | 2000 | To enhance the production, per unit area through (a) technology transfer, (b) supply of quality seeds, (c) elevating IPM activities/ and (d) providing adequate and timely supply of inputs to the farmers . |
| 12 | Minikit Programme for Rice, Wheat & Coarse Cereals | 1974 | To increase the productivity by popularising the use of newly released hybrid/high yielding varieties and spread the area coverage under location specific high yielding varieties/hybrids. |
| 13 | Accelerated Maize Development Programme (AMDP) | 1995 | To increase maize production and productivity in the country from 10 million tonnes to 11.44 million tonnes and from 1.5 tonnes/hectare to 1.80 tonnes/hectare respectively upto the terminal year of 9th Plan i.e. 2001-2002 (revised). |
| 14 | National Pulses Development Project (NPDP) | 1986 | To increase the production of pulses in the country to achieve self sufficiency. |
| 15 | Oil Palm Development Programme (OPDP) | 1992 | To promote oil palm cultivation in the country. |
| 16 | National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils development Board (NOVOD) | 1984 | The main functions of the NOVOD Board are very comprehensive and cover the entire gamut of activities associated with the oil seeds and vegetable oil industry including – production, marketing, trade, storage, processing, research and development, financing and advisory role to the formulation of integrated policy and programme of development of oil seeds and vegetable oil. |
| 17 | Coconut Development Board | 1981 | To increase production and productivity of coconut To bring additional area under coconut in potential non-traditional areas To develop new technologies for product diversification and by-product utilisation To strengthen mechanism for transfer of technologies To elevate the income level of small and marginal farmers engaged in coconut cultivation. To build up sound information basis for coconut industry and market information To generate ample employment opportunities in the rural sector. |
| 18 | Watershed Development Council (WDC) | 1983 | Central Sector Scheme(HQ Scheme) |
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