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Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana

It has been formulated to promote Organic Farming.

Objective : To promote eco-friendly concept of cultivation reducing the dependency on agro-chemicals and fertilizers and to optimally utilize the locally available natural resources for input production.

  • It will be implemented in a cluster based approach and farmers will be funded to meet the expenditure from farm to market.
  • Government is promoting organic farming through various schemes/programmes under:
  1. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)/ Paramapragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY),
  2. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY),
  3. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH),
  4. National Mission on Oilseeds & Oil Palm (NMOOP),
  5. Network Project on Organic Farming of ICAR.
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