Haryana Government is chalking out a special plan to provide water to every field by bringing canal water through community ponds to the adjoining fields. Under the initial phase of this scheme, a pilot project would be implemented in each of the 21 districts of the State, said Haryana Agriculture and Irrigation Minister OP Dhankar at Jhajjar on Thursday.
While referring to his Israel visit, the Minister said that people of that country have stored rain water and have turned the unfavourable farming conditions into favourable ones by using drip and sprinkle irrigation.
If farmers would adopt such methods of irrigation in Haryana, the Horticulture Department would also provide grant to them. He said that floriculture has better prospects in Jhajjar district. Hence, a centre of excellence for flowers could be set up there.
He said that the demand of flowers has been increasing considerably in the world and there has never been any issue on the increasing prices of flowers.
Therefore, farmers should adopt floriculture alongwith farming of traditional crops. If farmers of this area would take interest in floriculture, he would make efforts to set up big market of flowers in areas adjoining borders of Gurgaon, he said.
While urging the youth, Dhankar said that they should themselves carry out marketing of their products so that they could get remunerative price of their produce. Also, Agro Economy would be taught to youth in regional centre of Horticulture University to be set up in Jhajjar district.