Urging farmers to adopt smart climate approach for farming and livestock, Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, OP Dhankar on Friday said that due to lack of smart climate arrangements, the State Government had given compensation of about Rs 3000 crore to farmers during last three years.
Of which, about Rs 2100 crore was given for damage to wheat crop in year 2015 and Rs 965 crore owing to impact of white-fly on cotton crop, later on, said Dhankar, while speaking in a workshop on Smart Climate organized under the aegis of Horticulture Department here,
Suggesting the farmers to adopt smart climate approach for farming and livestock so as to realize the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to double the income of farmers by year 2022, Dhankar said that the government is working to provide smart prices of crops to the farmers.
He also quoted example of Himachal Pradesh, where arrangement like climate smart parks were made to prevent apple and other crops from hailstorm and more monsoon rainfall.
The Minister said that countries like Israel, where rainfall is less than State of Haryana, are ahead of many countries in the world in agriculture and dairy sector due to smart climate and smart crop management.
The milk yield per cattle in Israel is 32 litre, in Australia 15 litre and 17 litre per cattle in New Zealand, said he.
Emphasizing the need of congenial atmosphere for cattle, Dhankar said that surroundings for cattle in Israel are maintained by installing big fans in sheds.
He also urged the participants to prepare and handover a list of minimum 60 to 70 methods of smart climate management being adopted in agriculture and dairy sector so as to make future strategies in this direction.