State government has demanded from Centre to open
national-level agricultural research centres in Chhattisgarh to speed up
development in agriculture sector. The demand was made by state Agriculture
Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu while he was addressing 83rd annual general meeting
of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Society at National Agricultural
Science complex at New Delhi
Sahu further demanded from the Centre to open
agricultural science centres in newly constituted districts of Chhattisgarh.
He felt that the Commission for Agricultural Cost and
Price (CACP) needed to radically change the policy on production cost. “The
CACP should first make different zones of the states according to their
climatic conditions. Then on the basis of the production cost these zone, the
policy should be framed,” he suggested.
Citing example of paddy production costs of
Chhattisgarh and Punjab , he said the ‘big
difference’ could easily be seen. “Hence, it would be unacceptable for the
states if the Centre would fix uniform production cost policy for all,” he
said.
Sahu also suggested that prioritisation should be
given to knowledge-based agricultural expansion works instead of input
distribution targets to acquire better results of second green revolution target.
He said second green revolution was possible in
rain-fed agricultural regions, especially in north India
He advocated for formation of an integrated model of
organic farming and modern farming to make agriculture sector lucrative and
long-lasting.
Earlier, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and
Food Processing Industries Charandas Mahant launched Cadalmin Green Algal
Extract (GAe) (nutraceutical developed from seaweeds to combat joint pain and
arthritic condition), Listeria monocytogenes Detection Kit (for detection in
food and clinical samples), Little Millet Flakes (rich in fibre, protein and
minerals) and Darbar-e-Rang (herbal eco- colours for Holi).
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