Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Friday that a roadmap would be made to double the income of the farmers of the State.
Chouhan after taking meeting of the officers concerned at Mantralay said that the roadmap to double the income of farmers would be made by 2022.
The nodal department for this would be Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development and horticulture and animal husbandry departments would include in that. A Kamdhenu breeding centre would be developed at Agar, he added.
Chouhan told the officers and his cabinet colleagues present in the meeting that by 2022 income of the farmers have to be doubled anyhow and instructed them to take all necessary steps for this.
He said that Madhya Pradesh would remain leading state of the country in the field of agriculture hence all the ongoing schemes and projects should be speeded up.
Mudra Health Card is ambitious program of Government of India hence making of Soil health card under this program should be speeded as we have to grab first position in the country in this also. Take help of the Agriculture Science Centers, he added.
The chief minister said that horticulture plays important role in increasing the income of the farmers. Ensure better implementation of the horticulture schemes and for that orientation of the field officers of the department should be done, he added.
Chouhan while instructing the officers of the veterinary department informed them that the Kamdhenu Breeding Centre would be make at Agar. Work for that should be started at the earliest.
The chief minister also took stock of the other programs associated with the agriculture department. He was informed by the department officials that this year there was target of taking 8 lakh soil samples and till now 4.32 samples have been tested against that.