The main objective of Department of agriculture is to give pace to the growth rate
of agriculture development and crop production and productivity which will strengthen
the economic status of the farmers and uplift their life-style. In addition to this,
the objective of the department is to implement suitable scheme for removal of regional
disparity and employment generation.
Efforts being made to achieve the objective:-
- To maintain a sustainable growth rate of 5.1% in agriculture production and food
safety, extension of new techniques of agriculture and settlement of agriculture
related problems of the farmer.
- Implementation of different crop production schemes and program for growth in
productivity of different crops.
- Organization of technical demonstration through different schemes to get more
production from suitable crops in different ecological circumstances and make the
farmers aware of the results.
- Implementation of running schemes and programs by the department for growth in
production and productivity of different crops.
- To ensure the supply of farm inputs to the farmers according to the time table.
- To focus on quality control of different farms inputs which are necessary for
farm productions.
- In natural calamities like floods, droughts etc., preparation of contingency plan
according to the circumstances, to provide farmers the information about right crops
cycle and arrangement of necessary farm inputs accordingly.
- To increase the farm area by treatment of water log, uncultivable and waste land
of the state.
- Continuous monitoring of successful implementation of Agricultural Policy 2013,
to live up to the expectations.
- Providing comprehensiveness to the crop insurance schemes implemented
in the state to compensate the damages caused by natural calamities, insects/diseases
in agricultural production.