Under the agriculture empowerment drive, ‘Krishak Sahakarita Sammelan’ has been started at Co-operative Society level on Tuesday. The Sammelan will continue till May 9. According to sources, during the Sammelan, 10 conferences would be held each day, in which farmers would be motivated to lift fertilizers and seeds in advance. Besides, cases for sanction of short term loans and subsidies under different schemes would be prepared. A farmers’ symposium will be organized in which information about different agricultural techniques will be provided.
The State Government has been motivating farmers to adopt other co-operative activities like fisheries, horticulture and animal husbandry. The officers of co-operative department have informed the farmers about advance storage and distribution of fertilizers and seeds as about the availability of interest free loans. Similarly, the farmers have been informed about different activities of fisheries, animal husbandry and horticulture. Krishak sammelans are scheduled to be held in many villages from May 5 to 9.