Objectives
- To increase production & productivity of rice and wheat by adopting latest crop production technologies;
- To promote cultivation in rice fallow area to increase cropping intensity and income of the farmers;
- To create water harvesting structures and efficient utilization of water potential; and
- To promote post-harvest technology and marketing support.
Interventions
The major interventions are as follows.
- Block / cluster demonstration of improved production technology
- Asset building activities for farm improvement
- Site specific activities for farm renovation
- Seed production & distribution
- Need based Inputs
- Marketing support & post-harvest management and
- Ecology specific rice based cropping