The Government of India is promoting crop diversification, specifically commercial crops like cotton, jute, sugarcane under the National Food Security Mission (NFSNM-Commercial crops) and horticultural crops under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH).
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing the Crop Diversification Programme (CDP), a sub-scheme of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY), in Haryana, Punjab, and Western Uttar Pradesh since 2013-14. The goal is to shift land away from rice crops to alternatives like pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals, nutri cereals, and cotton. The CDP supports farmers through (i) alternate crop demonstrations, (ii) farm mechanization and value addition, (iii) site-specific activities, and (iv) contingency measures for awareness, training, implementation, and monitoring.
State governments are also encouraging farmers to move away from rice-wheat systems. In Punjab, sustainable farming practices are being promoted, including millet cultivation, quality planting material for fruits and vegetables, and establishing centers of excellence for fruits like pear, peach, guava and citrus. Haryana is implementing the "Mera Pani Meri Virasat" scheme from 2020 to address declining groundwater by diversifying from paddy to high-value crops.
This information was provided by Shri Ramnath Thakur, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Key Entities Referenced
Crop Diversification Programme (CDP): A sub-scheme under PM-RKVY aimed at diversifying crops in the Original Green Revolution States.
Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY): A national scheme under which CDP is implemented.
National Food Security Mission (NFSM-Commercial crops): A mission encouraging diversified production of commercial crops.
Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH): A mission encouraging diversified production of profitable horticultural crops.
Haryana: One of the Original Green Revolution States and a location where the 'Mera Pani Meri Virasat' scheme is implemented.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Crop Diversification and Promotion of High-Value
Crops
प्रव तथ: 05 DEC 2025 6:56PM by PIB Delhi
Government of India is encouraging diversified production of commercial crops such as cotton, jute,
sugarcane under National Food Security Mission (NFSNM-Commercial crops) and profitable horticultural
crops under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH).
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) is implementing Crop Diversification
Programme (CDP), a sub-scheme of Pradhan MantriRashtriyaKrishiVikasYojana (PM-RKVY), in the
Original Green Revolution States viz; Haryana, Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh since 2013-14 to divert
the area of rice crop to alternative crops such as pulses, oilseeds, coarse cereals, nutri cereals, cotton etc.
The CDP provides support to the farmers for four major components viz., (i) alternate crop
demonstrations, (ii) farm mechanization and value addition, (iii) site specific activities and (iv)
contingency for awareness, training, implementation, monitoring, etc.
Apart from implementing CDP, the state governments are also encouraging farmers to shift from Rice-
Wheat-based crop system through various interventions viz, in Punjab various sustainable farming
practices like promoting / encouraging Millets cultivation, ensuring supply of quality planting material of
various fruits, vegetables etc., establishment of center of excellence for Pear, Peach, Guava, Citrus are
being implemented and Haryana, is implementing “Mera Pani Meri Virasat” scheme from the year 2020 to
solve the problem of declining groundwater by diversifying the paddy crop to alternate high-value crops.
This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath
Thakur in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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