Governor Balramji Das Tandon stated, “nation will be strong only when the farmer is strong,” on Monday.
He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of National Agriculture Fair organised jointly by State Agriculture Department, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University (IGAU) Raipur and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) held at Jora village near Raipur.
“I have never seen such agricultural fair where not only latest agriculture equipment are put on display but also the problems and curiosity related with farming are solved in a class held for farmers,” the Governor said while addressing the gathering.
Quoting the popular slogan ‘Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan’ given by late Prime Minister lal Bahadur Shastri, the Governor said only with development of farmers, the country will prosper.
It is a matter of pride that Chhattisgarh has been thrice awarded with ‘Krishi Karman Puraskar’ given by the Central Government, he said.
Tandon further said that the State Government has taken several steps to promote agriculture like increased irrigation facilities and uninterrupted supply of electricity to villages.
Farmers are also being provided agricultural loans at zero per cent interest rate.
He stressed over the need of promoting agriculture as per the environment suiting any crop in a particular region.
The occasion was marked with presence of Agriculture and Water Resource Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Parliamentary Secretary Tokhan Sahu, MlA Shirchand Sundarani and others.
Meanwhile, farmers in Chhattisgarh are successfully opting for modern and advanced techniques of agriculture practice.
Moreover, farmers of the State are also getting aware about usage of modern equipment and machines required for agriculture practice.
Inclination of farmers towards advance technologies was witnessed in the national Agriculture Fair .
During the fair, a group of farmers from Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district were spotted collecting information about ‘Rotavetor’ (which is used for treating soil during agriculture practice) and other such equipments.
Meanwhile, farmers were given detailed information about the practice of livestock breeding, Pisciculture, Sericulture and Horticulture, informed officials of Agriculture Department, adding that information provided to farmers during the fair would help them to undertake agriculture in a better way.