Q. Which among the following is the main difference between the Intensive Agriculture Development program (IADP) & Community Development Programme (CDP)?
Answer: The CDP was a general development programme, IADP was a sectoral development plan
Notes: Intensive Agriculture Development program (IADP) was the first major experiment of Indian government in the field of agriculture and it was also known as a `package programme” as it was based upon the package approach. The core philosophy was to provide loan for seeds and fertilizers to farmers.
The major difference between the CDP and IADP was that CDP was a generalized development programme while the IADP was a “sectoral development programme`.
