Centre to assist Odisha in pure farming: Tomar

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Natural farming is making regular progress within the nation and farmers in Odisha must also go for it to keep up the fertility of the soil and enhance agricultural manufacturing, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated on Sunday. 

Addressing the Argus Agri Vikas Conclave 2022 right here, Tomar stated the Centre will lengthen all assist to the farmers in practising the standard farming technique which is free from any fertiliser of chemical use. He stated after the success of chemical and natural farming within the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has additionally been emphasising on pure farming. 

“In December last year, the Prime Minister launched a natural farming mission. Currently, natural farming is being successfully done in more than 4 lakh hectares across the country and farmers have immensely benefited from it. Farmers will be sensitised and the plan is to increase the coverage to 38 lakh hectares,” Tomar stated. 

The Union Minister expressed his happiness that Odisha is among the many main states shifting on this course. “Over 24,000 hectares of agricultural land in Odisha falls under natural farming. I will appeal to farmers from Odisha to go for natural farming. Centre will stand shoulder to shoulder with them,” he stated. 

Tomar stated regardless of the adversarial impression of the Covid-19 pandemic, India’s agriculture sector recorded a development of three.9 per cent which was potential as a result of agriculture-friendly insurance policies of the Centre and the laborious labour of the farming group. 

Use of know-how in agriculture can also be being promoted to spice up manufacturing and improve the expansion price. Digital Agri Mission is a step on this course the place use of moblie software, AI and drone know-how is being inspired, he stated. 

The Minister added Centre can be spending Rs 6,865 crore to present hand-holding assist to small and marginal farmers to scale up their operations utilizing know-how. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) DG Trilochan Mohapatra stated know-how interventions can propel Odisha’s development within the agriculture sector to double-digit. 

He stated promotion of crop range and local weather resilient varieties will assist in rising farmers’ revenue.
Former Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra and Editor-in-Chief of Argus News additionally spoke on the occasion.