Prelims 2016 · Agriculture · Question 73
With reference to 'Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion', which of the following statements is/are correct?
- This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
- Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme.
- An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro-irrigation equipment.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Answer
1 and 2 only
1. Correct. INSIMP aimed to promote millets through a cluster approach, demonstrating improved production, post-harvest and value-addition technologies in an integrated manner.
2. Correct. The scheme particularly benefited poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers, since millets are largely grown in rainfed, resource-poor regions by these groups.
3. Incorrect. The scheme did not aim to shift farmers from commercial crops to millets by giving free micro-irrigation equipment. Its focus was productivity enhancement of millets through demonstrations and input support, not crop-diversion from commercial crops.
Therefore, statements 1 and 2 only are correct.