Action Points for Agriculture Department

ACTION POINTS FOR AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
1. Strengthen the linkages between Extension wing and Farmers to: transfer technologies to field; encourage adoption of best practices for production & crop management; promote use of Farm Yard/Organic Manure; use of the best/most viable/certified seeds.
2. Encourage growing of crops strictly according to soil suitability, agro-climatic conditions and economic considerations.
3. Encourage field terracing to prevent loss of soil.
4. Promote 'Organic Farming'.
5. Promote Sprinkler/Drip irrigation to optimize the use of water.
6. Encourage management & maintenance of 'Irrigation Infrastructure' by Farmer's Self-Help Groups/Co-operatives to develop a sustainable mechanism.
7. Development of requisite infrastructure for proper Post-harvest management to reduce losses.
8. Facilitate development of the marketing infrastructure enabling the farmers to sell their produces at the most remunerative prices directly in the markets without getting exploited by the 'Intermediaries'.
9. Promote 'Applied Research Projects' to find solutions to the problems being faced by the farmers.