Former MP and president of district BJD Rabindra Kumar Jena has placed a proposal before Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for establishment of an agriculture university in Baleswar keeping in view varied agricultural activities in the district.
Jena brought it to the notice of the CM during recently concluded council meeting of his political party in Bhubaneswar.
Batting for focused education and research in the field, he maintained that about 76 per cent of the population of the district depend on agriculture and the farmers pursue a wide variety of cultivations including paddy, betel vine, cashew nut, pulses and vegetables round the year.
“The district has a vast scope to make progress in field agriculture. The university would not only help the farmers for better yield through organic scientific farming but also would facilitate researches to carry out studies on the soil, climate and produce etc," observed Jena.