Govt National Agricultural Innovation Project Jobs 2022 - Sarkari Naukri

Supported by wide-ranging reforms, particularly beginning 1991, India experienced a rapid growth in agriculture over the past decade (averaging about 6% per year between 1992-93 and 2003-04) apart from impressive progress towards reducing poverty (millennium development goals) and social indicators like literacy (from 52% in 1991 to 65% in 2001).

The National Policy on Agriculture (NPA) seeks to actualize the vast untapped growth potential of Indian agriculture to generate income and employment opportunities for the rural communities. It recognizes the role of private sector in agricultural research, human resource development, post-harvest management and value-addition.

Also, the 10th Five-Year Plan envisages a growth rate of 4% per annum in the agriculture sector. Achieving such a high growth rate requires investments in research and extension as well as interventions that can improve the policy and institutional environment within which agricultural producers, traders and processors operate.