The Baleswar district has targeted to undertake farming in around 2.5 lakh hectares of land, including 2.20 lakh hectares for paddy, in the coming Kharif season. A total of 1.9 lakh hectares would be provided irrigation facility.
It was revealed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of district Collector Sanatan Mallick here on Saturday. The Collector asked officials of concerned departments to extend all kinds of supports and incentives to farmers to reach the target.
In the last Rabi season, while paddy crop while was under taken on 34,000 hectares of land, farming of pulses, oil seeds and vegetables was undertaken on 17,000 hectares, 19,000 hectares and 30,000 hectares, respectively. Some farmers had used bio-fertilisers in growing crops. Among others, Deputy Director Agriculture Gangadhar Pala, Deputy Director Horticulture Om Prakash Rath, Sub-Collector Indramani Nayak and Deputy Director Planning Bijay Tripathy were present.