Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana

1. It was started in 2015 under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. It is a sub component of Soil Health Management under National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture.
2. MP has largest area under Organic certification followed by Rajasthan, Maharashtra and UP.

Features of PKVY

3. Produce Agri products free from chemicals and pesticides. 
4. Cluster approach in input production, quality assurance and value addition.
   • For more than 50 farmers. Total area = 50 acre (20 ha). 
   • It is for 3 years.
   • Farmers will get Rs. 20000 per acre. 
   • The amount covers all expenses.
5. Out of total farmers in clusters
   • 65% should be Small and Marginal Farmers. 
   • Atleast 30% Budget to women
6. It includes Direct Marketing through innovative means.
7. Participatory Guarantee Systems provides certification to organic products.

Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP),

• Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP), is introduced as a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2020-21 for the promotion of traditional indigenous practices including natural farming.
• The scheme mainly emphasises on

1. exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes  on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching;
2. use of cow dung-urine formulations;
3. plant based preparations and  
4. time to time working of soil for aeration.

• Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs 12200/ha for 3 years is provided for cluster formation, capacity building and continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification and residue analysis.

Support to State Extension Programs for Extension Reforms

About the Scheme:

• Centrally Sponsored Scheme
• Popularly known as ATMA Scheme - under implementation since 2005.
• Not implemented in all of India. Only in 28 states.
• The scheme promotes a decentralized farmer-friendly extension system in the country.
• Under the scheme, grants-in-aid are released to the State Governments with the objective to support State Government’s efforts to make available the latest agricultural technologies and good agricultural practices 
• Includes farmer training for multi-layer farming. 

Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium

• The government of India through the Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC), a registered society under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, is promoting Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) by mobilizing the farmers and helping them in registering as companies and providing them with handholding support and training for their sustainability.
• SFAC handles Prize Stabilization Fund too (PT Pointer).
• SFAC has undertaken various FPO promotion programmes in the country such as through Vegetable Initiative for Urban Cluster (VIUC), Mission Organic Value Chain Development (MOVCD), National Food for Security Mission (NFSM), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) etc.
• SFAC has promoted 910 FPOs in the country out of which 58 FPOs are from Uttar Pradesh.
• The government of India has launched a Central Sector Scheme of “Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)” on 29th February 2020 for providing better facilities to farmers due to economy of scale and better bargain power of FPOs thus improving income of the member farmers.
• Under this scheme, provision is made for professional handholding support for a period of five years to new FPOs formed.
• Further, a provision has been made for matching equity grant upto Rs. 2,000 per farmer member of FPO with a limit of Rs. 15.00 lakh per FPO and a credit guarantee facility up to Rs. 2 crores of project loan per FPO from the eligible lending institution to ensure institutional credit accessibility to FPOs. Suitable provision for training and skill buildings of the FPOs has also been made. 
• Already more than 2200 FPOs produce clusters have been allocated during 2020-21 for formation of FPOs.