Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday called upon the officials to formulate plans for taking up area-specific projects in horticulture.
He was presiding over a meeting of the National Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (NABARD) here.The bank officials gave a detailed presentation of the projects.Singh called upon the bank officials to widen the scope of schemes to increase the income of farmers in the remote villages. The projects meant for tribals in Dantewada district should be implemented in other districts as well.
The crops are chillies, onions, tamarind, tomatoes, litchi, bananas, papaya and others. The tribals can grow crops in the backyard of their homes too, he said.The NABARD officials said that 77 projects are underway in which 54,716 tribal families are involved. Almost `124 crore subsidy had been provided to the farmers.The Chief Minister directed the officials to include traditional farming community like Marar Samaj for cultivation of vegetables and horticulture crops.