The State Government contemplates to introduce agriculture as a compulsory subject from the primary school to university levels in order to encourage students to go in for cultivation.
While addressing the celebration of the commemoration day of the Government Agriculture College here on Wednesday, Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy said that thrust would also be given for extensive use of bio-fertilisers and soil testing.
Hr further informed that a Potato Mission has been launched in the State with a target to produce 10 lakh MT of potato from the present production of 2.20 lakh MT. A Krushak Bhawan would be set up in Bhubaneswar in the interest of farmers and farming community with an estimated cost of Rs44.85 crore.