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Agriculture Department

    Schemes

  1. Rinfed Area Development Programmed Under National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture

  2. Pulses Development Programmed Under National Food Security Mission

  3. Oilseed Development Programmed Under National Food Security Mission

  4. Cotton Development Programmed Under National Food Security Mission

  5. Submission On Agriculture Mechanization

  6. Group Forming Incentive And Empowerment Of Farmers Group

  7. Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme

  8. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

  9. District Committee For Timely Availability Of Agriculture related Statically Information

  10. Gopinath Munde Shetkari Apaghat Vima Yojana

  11. Mission For Integrated Horticulture Development

  12. Adarsh Gao Yojana

  13. Pradhanmanti Krishi Sinchan Yojana -Micro Irrigation

  14. Soil Health Card Mission

  15. Prime Minister Formalization Of Micro Food Processing Enterprises

In the 19th century, the need for increased agricultural production to feed the growing population began to be felt. The Department of Agriculture was established in 1883 on the recommendation of the Feminine Commission of 1881. The work was started with the objective of providing necessary assistance from the government for increasing the productivity in agriculture in the rural areas by including all the departments related to the agricultural sector. Until 1907, the Agriculture and Land Records departments were working together. After the promising results of the experiment of the then Director of Agriculture, Mr. Keating, in 1915-16, soil conservation work started from 1922. Since the enactment of the Land Reform Act, 1942, various land reform works have been implemented by the Department of Agriculture. In 1943, the then government for the first time formulated a comprehensive agricultural policy for agriculture considering the problems in agriculture and other ancillary sectors. According to this policy, water was used as irrigation for agricultural production. At this stage, many schemes were devised to boost the development of agriculture. Quality seed production started from 1957 through Taluka Bijgunan Kendra. During this period, emphasis was laid on increasing the area under irrigation along with the expansion of area under cultivation. In the year 1961-62, a special campaign was launched for the use of chemical fertilizers.

Important Links

Agriculture Department Govt Of Maharashtra 
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Phone Number

District Agriculture Superintendent Agriculture Officer — ०७१५२-२४३३२३/२३२४४९