To popularise organic farming in Haryana, the State Government has initiated work in 11 districts under ‘Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana’.
Also the Union Forests, Environment and Climate Change Ministry has approved a Rs 25 crore scheme to tackle the problem of climate change. This scheme would be implemented in 10 districts of the State where paddy and wheat are produced.
This was informed during a two-day State level agricultural officers’ workshop organised at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The workshop was inaugurated by the V-C of the University, KP Singh and more than 400 officers and farm scientists of Agriculture Department are participating in the workshop. He urged the agricultural scientists and agriculture officers to conduct research and extension programmes for farmers. PNS
Keeping in view the interests of the farmers, the Agricultural University has undertaken a new initiative under which scientific recommendations of six major kharif crops have been published. This would facilitate the farmers and they would get the latest information about crops, he added.