Stresses were laid on cultivation of pulses and oilseeds for the current Rabi season with the objective of doubling the income of the farmers in the agriculture strategy meeting held on Thursday.
Emphasis too was laid on line sowing, use of organic fertilisers, proper use of water and irrigation facilities, educating farmers about quality of soil etc.
while the target for cultivation in the Rabi season is in 1.13 lakh hectares of land including paddy in 24,000 hectares and non paddy in around 88,000 hectares.
The meeting to discuss policy and planning for the ensuing Rabi crop, 2020-21 was attended by District Agriculture Officer Prasanna Kumar Mohapatra, Deputy Director Horticulture Gobinda Chandra Lenka, senior scientist of Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Sunil Mohapatra among others.
Deliberations too were held to aware farmers about the availability of seeds, fertilisers and pesticides etc in subsidised rates and the Government's encouragement for innovative farming etc.