-With the launch of Agriculture Sankalp Abhiyan in Puri, Odisha, this was also started in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, 29 May (H.S.) : As per the instructions of the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the Developed Agriculture Sankalp Abhiyan has been started across the country from today (Thursday), this campaign will run till June 12. The implementation of this campaign is to be ensured in all the districts of Madhya Pradesh, the objective of which is to give information about new agricultural techniques, government schemes and crop innovations to the farmers. Agricultural scientists will go to villages and communicate with the farmers.
In fact, it has started across the country with its launch by Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan in Puri, Odisha state. In this regard, officer Devendra Ogare said that for the successful operation of the Developed Agriculture Sankalp Abhiyan, agricultural scientists, agricultural officers and all concerned officials have been put on duty and they have been instructed to go to every village and panchayat level and give detailed information about the schemes of the state government and central government and the techniques of agricultural engineering and the innovations being done by the farmers. For the successful operation of the campaign, development block-wise, gram panchayat-wise route chart has been determined.
The objectives of the campaign include- Information will be given about advanced agricultural techniques and suitable crops in Kharif season. Training farmers for balanced fertilizer use based on soil health card. Making scientists aware of the innovations done by farmers and deciding the research direction. Live demonstration of natural farming, crop diversification and agricultural drone technology. Propaganda of advanced methods like direct sowing of paddy and soybean mechanization and use of audio-visual mediums to train farmers in the campaign.
The entire campaign will include scientists from Krishi Vigyan Kendra / College, experts from ICAR institutes, officials of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Agricultural Engineering Department, NPSS Plant Protection Officer, progressive farmers, agricultural entrepreneurs, FPO, FIG and members of self-help groups.
It is worth mentioning that this campaign started on Thursday from Puri city in Odisha state. While inaugurating it here, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said, I repeatedly bow down to the feet of Lord Jagannath and pray, O Jagannath, shower your grace and blessings on this campaign. I want to tell the scientists that you are going to serve the farmers. It is your good fortune that you are getting a chance to go to the village and talk to the farmers and increase their crop production, there can be no greater virtue than this.
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From today, all the scientists are coming to your village from the lab. I want to appeal to the farmers of the whole country that scientists are coming to your village. You take out some time and sit with them, learn new experiments in farming and increase production. Along with this, Shivraj Singh Chauhan also said that just yesterday, under the leadership of respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has taken an important decision to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of 14 Kharif crops. 'Vikasit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan' means that the scientists should come out of the lab and go among the farmers in the field, sit with you in the village.
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I congratulate the scientists of ICAR who are constantly experimenting in the lab and developing new seeds. India will not just feed its people, we have to become the food basket of the world. If we have to increase production, then the most important thing is good seeds. Talking about production, this year the country has produced 3539.59 lakh metric tons of food grains, which is 216.61 lakh metric tons more than last year, but we should not stop and keep producing. Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy and the farmer is its soul. When a farmer sows seeds in the field, he does not just sow seeds, he sows life.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Mayank Chaturvedi
