Question

Institution Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) was launched during

• A. 1987
• B. 1995
• C. 2000
• D. 2005

Hint:

The Institution Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) was a key ICAR initiative to improve technology transfer by involving farmers in assessing and refining new agricultural technologies. Knowing its launch year, 1995, is important for Indian agricultural program history.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: IVLP was ICAR's initiative to test and validate farm technologies directly on farmers' fields.
Step 2: It falls in the mid-1990s wave of participatory farming-systems research, distinct from the earlier Lab-to-Land programme and the later ATMA framework of 2005.
Step 3: This timeline places its launch in the year 1995.
Step 4: The correct answer is 1995.