Soil Testing Scheme:-
Collect samples of soil from fields and send to Jagraon lab to examine the requirements of soil. After testing, the department provides information about the usage of fertilizers, pesticides etc. On the basis of testing, soil health cards are issued.
National Food Security Mission:-
Subsidies are available on agricultural inputs like seed, planting material, fertilizers, bio-fertilizers, pesticides etc.
RKVY :-
Subsidies are also available on seeds of crops like corn, wheat, paddy , planting material, fertilizers, bio-fertilizers, pesticides etc under RKVY scheme.
Seed Village Scheme :-
Under this scheme, 50% subsidy is provided to farmers on seeds (Wheat and Moongi) and 3 days camps are also organised to train the farmers.
ATMA Scheme :-
Under this scheme, training is provided to farmer about proper production of crops, Organizes camps every month at district level and State level.
Department also provides information and Subsidies on agricultural machinery like Rotavator, happy seeder, lazer leveller.
The Department is implementing schemes like ISOPAM for pulses, Oilseeds and Maize.
Diffrent Schemes Launched by Agriculture Department | |||
Sr.No | Name of The Scheme | No. Benefeciaries | Amount of Subsidy |
1. | Crop Diversification Programme | 800 | Rs. 9,00,000 |
2. | Seed Village Scheme | 300 | Rs. 1,32,500 |
3. | Rashtri Krishi Vikas Yojna | 2192 | Rs. 28,18,400 |
4. | National Food Security Mission | 1195 | Rs. 4,36,170 |
5. | ATMA | 383 | Rs. 1,34,742 |
6. | National Mission On Oilseed and Oilpalm | 298 | -- |
7. | Michinery | 100 | Rs. 18,20,860 |
1. Provides information about Farmer Welfare Schemes and proper production of crops,Organizes 5-6 camps every month at village level, block level and district level.
2. Subsidies are available on agricultural inputs like seed, planting material, fertilizers, bio-fertilizers, pesticides under RKVY, NFSM, NMOOP and Crops Variation Schemes
3. Subsidies are available on agricultural machinery like Rotavator, Seed drill, lazer leveller, Spray pump, Ploughs, potato palnter, potato digger etc under RKVY, CDP schemes.
4. Farmers are trained about the use of insecticides, economic thresh-hold level of the damage caused by pests and minimum use of pesticides.
5. Agricultural Marketing and Quality Control- Setting up of laboratories, marketing and intelligence,testing of agricultural pesticides and seeds.