SMALL FARMERS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND MARGINAL FARMERS-SFDA AND AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY- MFAL

1. SMALL FARMERS DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY (SFDA), MARGINAL
FARMERS AND AGRICULTURAL
LABOURERS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
(MFAL)- THEIR STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES
Submitted By,
Manu Mohan
2016041032

2. Small Farmers Development Agency
• In 1969, The RBI had appointed an All-India
Rural Credit Review Committee in 1969. The
chairman of this committee was B.
Venkatappiah.
• This committee recommended establishment
of Small Farmers Development Agency (SFDA).

3. • This scheme was started in 1971-72 in select
districts.
• It was financed by central as well as state
government and a provision of subsidy was
made for the farmers from 25% (nontribal
farmers) to 50% (tribal farmers).

4. • The SFDA was the first programme in our
country in which there was a proper linkage of
the central Government, State Government
and Financial Institutions.
• Later in 1980, this programme was merged
with Integrated Rural Development
programme (IRDP), Marginal Framers and
Agricultural Laborers Development Agency
(MAFALDA).

5. • In all, about 50 SFDA projects have been
established through out the country under the
Fourth Five-Year Plan.

6. The core philosophy of the SFDA was
• To investigate and identify the problems of
small farmers and ensure that various services
reach to them.
• To ensure that the farmers secure loans from
cooperative banks.
• To ensure that the farmers have access to
other assistances such as improved seeds,
fertilizers and other inputs.

7. OBJECTIVES
• To improve their production and to increase
their income through state and institutional
support.
• To make his farm business more efficient in
technology, and surplus in economic terms
and to supplement his resources and
knowledge.

8. FUNCTIONS
• The agency primarily functions as a
coordinator between participants, credit
institutions, development departments and
extension agencies.
• Identifying the participants according to the
definition of small and marginal farmers and
agricultural labourers.

9. • Organize suitable programmes for improved
agriculture and related occupations.
• The agency does not give credit and advance
loans. It extends assistance to individual
participants and cooperative institutions, etc.,
in pursuance of the programmes drawn up for
the area.

10. MARGINAL FARMERS AND
AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
• It was formed on recommendations of All
India Rural Credit Review Committee.
• Implemented on Fourth Five Year Plan for
marginal farmers and agricultural labourers.

11. • Under this scheme, 41 projects were
scheduled to be established throughout the
country in the Fourth Five-Year Plan to cover
farmers having holdings of not more than
one hectare and agricultural labourers having
a homestead and earning half or more of their
income from agricultural wages.

12. • Each Project aimed at covering about 20,000
households during the Fourth Five-Year Plan,
of which about two-thirds would be from the
marginal farmers and the rest from
agricultural labourers.

13. • This was formulated with the specific
objectives of ameliorating the economic
conditions of the concerned sections and
bringing them to the maintstream of
development.

14. OBJECTIVES
• To study the nature and contents of the programmes
for marginal farmers and agricultural labourers
• To study the organisational and operational aspects of
the implementation of the Programmes.
• To assess the impact of these programmes on small
farmers, marginal farmers and agricultural labourers
with respect to increase in their incomes and the
availability of more employment opportunities.

15. FUNCTIONS
• Identifying the eligible farmers and agricultural
labourers and their problems, devising economic
programmes for gainful employment for them,
augmenting the income of small farmers through
other activities.
• promoting rural industries, evolving adequate
institutional, financial and administrative
arrangements for implementing various
programmes and creating common facilities for
production processing, storage, transportation
and marketing etc.

16. REFERENCE
• https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.2
75732/2015.275732.Small-Farmers_djvu.txt
• https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/99950
9586002121
• https://onlinetyari.com/question-
bank/question-the-small-farmers-
development-agency-sfda-i17015.html

17. THANK YOU