History of Agriculture in India
History of Agriculture in India
Year | Growth in Agriculture Field |
1947 | CTRI at Rajmundry (Tobacco)/Food Policy Committee |
1949 | CPRI at Patna |
1956 | CPRI shifted to Simla |
1950 | IARI established at New Delhi |
1951 | Fertilizer factory at Bihar |
1952 | IISR at Lucknow (sugarcane) |
1955 | NDRI at Karnal (Dairy) |
1956 | PIRRCOM Project for intensification of regional Research on cotton, oil seeds and millets.(Central Cotton Research Institute–Regional Centre) |
1959 | CAZRI at Jodhpur (Rajasthan) (Arid zone) |
1960 | Intensive Agriculture District Programme (IADP) |
1960 | IRRI, Philippines |
1965 | Intensive Agriculture Area Programme (IAAP) |
1966 | HYVP at Bangalore (Horticulture) |
1969 | CSSRI (Central Soil Salinity Research Institute) at Karnal (Haryana) |
1970 | CPCRI at Kasargod (Kerala) (Plantation crops)/Drought Prone |
1971 | TNAU (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University) at Coimbatore and All India Co-ordinated Project for Dry land Agriculture |
1972 | ICRISAT at Patancheru, Hyderabad/National Commission on Agriculture |
1974 | Command Area Development |
1974 | Training and Visit System (T&V) |
1979 | National Agricultural Research Project NARP |
1980 | Wealth Tax on Agriculture was abolished |
1982 | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) |
1983 | National Agricultural Extension Project (NAEP) |
1995 | NRCB at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (Banana) |
1998 | National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) |
2006 | National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) |
Agricultural Growth