The develop"ment ofagricul(ural infrastructure and-availability of improved varieties at right time
. with reasonable price for farmers is very important. · Jf.!th a· view (o commercializatio{l of
• agricultural production, the concept of pocket paclcage approach has been emerged from the
. : . vision of Agriculture Perspective Plan (APP). Distrzct Level Level- Seed_ Sufficiency Program
. · _' (DJ$SPRO) has been lauched in which farmers group are created for the production and
distribution of quality.seeds ·among farmers. DISSPRO aims at developing such ff!1'mers into
.. · com'mercial seed producers. Th"e pocket pa~lcage proiram and DISSP.RO are successfUl at
- introdudng new chip· varieties with. its prod_uction package to farmers. As these new varieties are _
shor~ duration and pho!o insensitive, the ~rqpping patt(#rn _ha~ ~rnpr:oved because of which the · ·
number of crops grown in the sizme piece of land in a year has increased. As a result cropping
_:inten~ity, production ·arid producti"~ity hes raised. :Also won~en participation in crop production · _
has increllsed due to· intesifica_tlon of crop activities. lfoweyer, the actual growth rate of rice ·is
3.32% maize 3.12%. and whea 3.33% as :compared ·to _targeted growth rate of 6.21% in rice, _
4.0i% in maize qnd 4.42% in wheat during ninth five year plan.

The develop"ment ofagricul(ural infrastructure and-availability of improved varieties at right time
. with reasonable price for farmers is very important. · Jf.!th a· view (o commercializatio{l of
• agricultural production, the concept of pocket paclcage approach has been emerged from the
. : . vision of Agriculture Perspective Plan (APP). Distrzct Level Level- Seed_ Sufficiency Program
. · _' (DJ$SPRO) has been lauched in which farmers group are created for the production and
distribution of quality.seeds ·among farmers. DISSPRO aims at developing such ff!1'mers into
.. · com'mercial seed producers. Th"e pocket pa~lcage proiram and DISSP.RO are successfUl at
- introdudng new chip· varieties with. its prod_uction package to farmers. As these new varieties are _
shor~ duration and pho!o insensitive, the ~rqpping patt(#rn _ha~ ~rnpr:oved because of which the · ·
number of crops grown in the sizme piece of land in a year has increased. As a result cropping
_:inten~ity, production ·arid producti"~ity hes raised. :Also won~en participation in crop production · _
has increllsed due to· intesifica_tlon of crop activities. lfoweyer, the actual growth rate of rice ·is
3.32% maize 3.12%. and whea 3.33% as :compared ·to _targeted growth rate of 6.21% in rice, _
4.0i% in maize qnd 4.42% in wheat during ninth five year plan.