Bharat Nirman, with special emphasis on rural roads and additional irrigation covering 10 million ha.
	National Rural Employment Guarantee Program
	National Horticulture Mission
	Expansion of institutional credit to farmers
	Establishment of a National Rainfed Area Authority
	Establishment of a National Fisheries Development Board
	Watershed Development and Micro-irrigation program
	Reforms in Agricultural Marketing and Development of Market infrastructure
	Agribusiness development through venture capital participation by the Small  Farmer Agribusiness  Consortium (SFAC)
	Reform and support for Agriculture Extension Services
	National Food Security Mission
	Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
	Integrated Food Law
	Legislative framework for Warehousing Development and Regulation
	National Bee Board
	National Bamboo Mission
	Knowledge connectivity through Gyan Chaupals
	Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act (2001)
	Biodiversity Act (2002)

All the above programs are relevant to Jharkhand and effective use should be made of them. There are many other schemes of the Ministries of Food Processing and Rural Development which are also important for ushering in an era of agrarian prosperity. The Rural godowns and warehouses schemes as well as the Scheme to establish Agro-processing Parks are particularly relevant.

5. Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, MP, Ms. Mabel Rebello, MP and Dr. Suman Sahai, President, Gene Campaign, visited Jharkhand at the invitation of the State Government from 19 to 22 December, 2007 to study the agricultural situation and offer suggestions for using accelerated agricultural development as the key to poverty eradication. Broad based consultations were held with officials, scientists, farm women and men, representatives of financial institutions and civil society organizations as well as field administrative and technical staff. Our particular thanks go to Sri P.P. Sharma, Chief Secretary, Sri A.K. Sarkar, Principal Secretary Agriculture, Dr. N.N. Singh, Vice Chancellor, Birsa Agriculture University, Smt. Aradhana Patnaik, Deputy Commissioner, Gumla district, Shri B.R. Ambastha, Deputy Commissioner, Simdega district and Neil Tirkey, MLA, Simdega for sharing their valuable insights and experience with reference to the agriculture of Jharkhand.   Continue.....