Question

Small Farmer Development Agency (SFDA) and Marginal Farmers& Agricultural Laboure's Development Agency (MFAL) were introduced in which five year plan?

• A. Third
• B. Fourth
• C. Fifth
• D. Sixth

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Fourth

Small Farmer Development Agency (SFDA) and Marginal Farmers& Agricultural Laboure's Development Agency (MFAL)

• Farmers All India Rural Credit Review Committee (1969) recommended the establishment of an agency to assist the small farmers.

• marginal farmers and agricultural laborer's who had not benefited from the gains of the Green Revolution.

• Therefore in the fourth plan in 1971 ,SFDA & MFAL were introduced.

• The Small Farmer Development Agency (SFDA) acted as a catalyst in identifying small farmers, and their problems, and helping them to obtain inputs from various developmental organizations.