The farmers of the state have so far sowed Kharif crops in about 34.30 lakh hectares land during the current monsoon season. The government has set a target to sow Kharif crops in about 47.65 lakh hectares land in this season and the farmers already completed 72 percent of the task, informed Agriculture Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu on Tuesday.
The department is continuously providing all the necessary inputs including technical information regarding Kharif crops to the farmers through its field staff as well as via the experts. Sahu has instructed the officials to take proactive measures to prevent occurrence of any crop disease.
The department’s officials informed that about 553717 quintals seeds and 531242 MT chemical fertilisers had been distributed to the farmers by far through primary agricultural cooperative credit societies, government agriculture institutes and organisation and private sector.
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