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3.3.2 Crop specific promoti<strong>on</strong>al instituti<strong>on</strong>s/ agencies<br />

The crop specific promoti<strong>on</strong>al instituti<strong>on</strong>s are the various interventi<strong>on</strong>s by the<br />

state <strong>for</strong> promoting crop-based activities. They are various crop-based activIties.<br />

which are aimed at stabilising <strong>and</strong> augmenting crop producti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> productivity.<br />

Some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these instituti<strong>on</strong>s are mutually exclusive <strong>and</strong> competitive in the sense<br />

that the promoti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a particular crop by the respective instituti<strong>on</strong> may be at the<br />

cost <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the other 6 . In certain cases. this instituti<strong>on</strong>al intermediati<strong>on</strong> also involves<br />

policies <strong>for</strong> protecting the price from falling bey<strong>on</strong>d a level. The various cropspecific<br />

instituti<strong>on</strong>al interventi<strong>on</strong>s are:<br />

I. 'Group Farming' <strong>and</strong> the Group Approach <strong>for</strong> Locally Adjusted<br />

Sustainable Agriculture (GALASA) <strong>for</strong> revampmg paddy producti<strong>on</strong> in<br />

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the state.<br />

11. The various commodity boards <strong>for</strong> the promoti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> specitic crops. These<br />

crop-specific agencIes are Rubber Board <strong>for</strong> expansI<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> rubber<br />

cultivati<strong>on</strong>. the Spices Board <strong>for</strong> promoting cultivati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> spices, Coc<strong>on</strong>ut<br />

Development Board <strong>for</strong> coc<strong>on</strong>ut <strong>development</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Kerala Horticulture<br />

Development Project aimed at the promoti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> horticultural crops. These<br />

crop-specific promoti<strong>on</strong>al agencies! instituti<strong>on</strong>s promote crop producti<strong>on</strong><br />

6 The crop-specific promoti<strong>on</strong>al agencies functi<strong>on</strong> in isolati<strong>on</strong>. As most <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>al schemes are incentive-linked. they recommend the adopti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the specific<br />

crop, <strong>for</strong> which the agency st<strong>and</strong>s <strong>for</strong>. This very <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten c<strong>on</strong>tradicts with the functi<strong>on</strong>ing<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> other instituti<strong>on</strong>s as well.<br />

1 lIowever. these interventi<strong>on</strong>s also havc becomc ineffective as they failed in the prime<br />

objective <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>solidating the otherwise fragmented small <strong>and</strong> marginal holdings.<br />

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