State to promote organic farming


The State Government has sketched out a mission to encourage organic farming and it is being launched this year. Funds for implementing the mission named Chief Minister’s Organic Farming Mission would not be a problem, said Agriculture Minister Nilamoni Sen Deka. He was inaugurating a review meeting organised by his department on bringing green revolution to the NE region here today. The minister also released the crop sequence list and crop calendar in the function.

The minister said that the Government has also proposed expansion in the size of the area under hybrid paddy cultivation from the present 2.4 per cent to 20 per cent.

With the amplified size of the area under hybrid paddy cultivation, the amount of rice being produced by the State is expected to be up by around 25 lakh metric tonnes over its existing quantity of production. Thus the total rice production of the State is expected to reach around 78.30 lakh metric tonnes.

Deka said that integrated farming would be encouraged through a new scheme for developing model gaon panchayats.....Read More

 

Source: The Assam Tribune


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