NITI Aayog has lauded the aspirational district Rajnandgaon for its efforts under the novel horticulture programme ‘Haritika’.
Under the ‘Mission for Integrated Development Horticulture' (MIDH) for the holistic development of horticulture corps, Rajnandgaon under ‘Haritika’ has taken outstanding initiative, a press release said.
Training, sapling preparations and plantation carried out in Rajnandgaon for making farmers independent were lauded by the NITI Aayog, it said.
Rajnandgaon is promoting farming of horticulture crops like papaya and banana and other vegetable crops through mulching technique.
The milk of papaya trees is also collected by farmers in Rajnandgaon to be used for medicinal purposes.
This innovation has been started from the farm of Suresh Kochar in Khairagarh block, the press release said.