NCPAH has been providing support for the overall development of plasticulture in the country.The success of any programme primarily depends upon the refinement of technology in the regionally differentiated manner as per the local needs.
Therefore, to have technological refinement and capacity building, programmes were initiated through network of Plasticulture Development Centres (PDCs) established in different agro-climatic regions in March 1981. Considering the importance of these centres and its focus, they were redesignated as Precision Farming Development Centres (PFDCs) with effect from 2001 – 2002. The PFDCs presently exist in 17 locations in the country which are mostly in the SAUs, ICAR Institutes and IIT, Kharagpur.
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