Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna
PARAMPARAGAT KRISHI VIKAS YOJANA (PKVY) By - Anshika Rani Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana or PVKY, also called the traditional farming improvement programme was launched on April, 2015 and is implemented by Organic Farming Cell of Integrated Nutrient Management (division) of Department of Agriculture; Cooperationand farmer’s welfare. This is a sub scheme of Soil Health Management (SHM) which comes under National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA). It was implemented for 3 year time frame, from 2015-18. Objective To promote farming sans chemicals, pesticides etc. by adopting organic ways of cultivation, that can also help for improvement of soil health. To incorporate newest technology with organic farming. Organize a minimum of 1 cluster demonstration in village. Features of the scheme: The scheme is to be carried out in clusters, that is a group of 50 farmers are chosen having 50 acre