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Convergence in
Agriculture
Development
6th December, 2008
Structure
• Convergence
• Opportunities for convergence
• A roadmap
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Why Convergence?
• Increased outlays in agriculture, water resources
and rural development sectors in 11th Plan :
How do we get optimal results?
• New initiatives such as RKVY, NFSM, NHM,
NREGA and intensification of efforts through
Watershed Programmes, Bharat Nirman and
BRGF in the rural sector present new
opportunities for leveraging (agricultural )growth
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Mechanism for Convergence
• The State Level Sanctioning Committee
(SLSC) should be a platform to forge
CONVERGENCE
• The District Agricultural Plans (DAPs) and
State Agriculture Plans (SAPs) under
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)
provides the required flexibility
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Simple to read
& easy to explain
Ensuring
convergence
with all ongoing
schemes/
programmes
C-DAP
should be……
Accounting socioeconomic aspects
& local felt needs
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Logical
Status of Convergence
• The DAPs/SAPs have identified strategies for
agricultural growth, but they have not factored
in other interventions in the rural sector
• Therefore, convergence remains inadequate
/unexplored in these Plans.
• Consequently, convergence happens more by
accident than by design
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Surveying opportunities for
convergence in agriculture &
allied sectors
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NREGS
Intervention
• Constn./improvement of
rural roads
• Repair of tanks, irrigation
canals, water bodies, water
conservation/harvesting
structures;
irrigation
facilities on SC/ST land
• Land development
Opportunity
• Agri. marketing (incl.
dairying)
• Higher productivity,
horticulture, fisheries
• Demand for inputs,
services
• Crop development
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Bharat Nirman
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Intervention
Irrigation: Creation of
100 lakh ha potential in 4
years (2005-06/2008-09)
Roads: Habitations to
have all weather roads
Telephones in 66,822
unconnected villages
Grid based electrfn. of
1,25,000 villages
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Opportunity
Higher
productivity
crop/fisheries/fodder
development
Agri. marketing (incl.
dairying)
Strengthen extension,
pest
surveillance,
marketing
Selective ground water
based irrigation
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BRGF (250 Districts)
Intervention
Opportunity
• Filling of critical gaps • Supply of appropriate
in infrastructure
input or service
• Capacity building
• Strengthen
– Agri. extension worker
– Barefoot technician
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– Extension services
– Repair of pump-sets,
agri. machinery
SGSY
Intervention
Opportunity
• Bringing BPL families • Training SHGs for
above poverty line
providing extension/
through SHG activities
credit/marketing
in clusters
services to farmers
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A Road-map for Convergence
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In Planning
• Reviewing DAPs/SAP to make them more
comprehensive by including all significant
interventions in rural sector: AERCs, TSIs etc.
to be involved
• SAPs to clearly reflect priorities identified in
DAPs
• Linking investments under RKVY and other
programmes in agri. & allied sectors to
potential/opportunities emerging from rural
sector interventions
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In Technology
• Tapping expertise in SAUs, ATMA, DRDAs
and KVKs in planning and new initiatives
• Networking with ICAR institutions for
specific problems/initiatives
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Credit
(NABARD, RRBs)
Marketing (Storage,
Tpt., Prices etc.)
DDP
Rural Infra. (BRGF,
Bharat Nirman,
NREGS etc.)
DAP
Schemes (RKVY,
NFSM, NHM,
ISOPOM etc.)
Inputs;
seeds , Fert
Water Resources
(AIBP, watershed,
micro-irrigation)
Technology & Extn.
(ICAR, SAU,
KVK, ATMA)
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In Structures
• Utilizing State Level Sanctioning Committee
(SLSC) for converging the different
components
• Cutting across silos:
– monthly meetings of Agri. & allied/RD/PR
Departments under APC/Dev. Commr. to
review RKVY and other agri. sector programmes
– annual
brainstorming
workshops
on
convergence and strategies in DAPs/SAP
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In Implementation
• Reviewing implementation in monthly
meetings and in the annual workshops on
DAPs/SAP
• DAC has started Nodal Officer system who
would coordinate for all DAC programmes in
the State. States may make full use of this
arrangement
• Well co-ordinated effort at the District level
under the leadership of the District Collector
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Summing up ……
Demolish silos
Remove Cobwebs
Think, plan, implement
“CONVERGENCE”
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Thank you
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