The State Government will soon commence the process for developing Commodity Value Chain and Market linkage Support for Maize crop under Chhattisgarh State Rural livelihoods Mission , officials informed.
Chhattisgarh has also set a target of promoting cultivation of vegetables in 4,425 hectares of land under National Horticulture Mission.
The plan comprised a target for cultivating vegetables in an area of 4,425 hectares for which a provision of Rs 15.16 crore was proposed.
A provision of Rs 13.50 crore had been made to promote vegetable cultivation in the State.
A target of 2,500 hectares had been set for growing condiment based crops while a target of 2,240 hectares had been set for Floriculture .
A provision of Rs 4.50 crore had also been made for carrying out organic farming and Rs 1.52 crore for promotion of bee keeping.This apart, a provision of Rs 1.12 crore had been made to develop new water sources.
last year, the State government had embarked on an ‘Organic Farming Mission’ on an experimental basis in five districts of the State namely Kanker, Koriya, Raigarh, Raipur and Dantewada, officials said.
The National Agriculture Development Scheme is being implemented since year 2007-08 with objectives of expanding cultivation area of fruits, vegetables and spice crops and supplying advanced high-quality seeds to farmers.
Earlier under Shakhambari Scheme, subsidy was provided for only electricity and diesel based irrigation pumps but now farmers using petrol based irrigation pumps are also eligible for availing subsidy under this scheme, they stated. The Government had been providing free seeds and fertilizers to the tribal families holding forest rights certificates.
The arrangements for free distribution of seeds and fertilizers have also been made.