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Tripura ranks second in NE for farmer outreach in VKSA, propagates 3 new breeds of paddy

Agartala, June 14 (UNI) Tripura has developed three varieties of climate-resilient paddies, which have flood-resilient characteristics, and even if the paddy plants remain underwater for a fortnight, the health of the crop will not get adversely impacted, said Agriculture Minister Ratan Lal Nath here on Saturday.
Highlighting the success of the two-week-long Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan (VKSA), Nath stated that it has created history in Tripura by reaching over 1.95 lakh farmers, including 67,000 women, surpassing the initial target of 1.72 lakh farmers.
“During VKSA, we propagated our newly developed paddy varieties – Swarna sub I, IR8, and Arundhuti – and very soon these will be introduced in the field. Several innovative techniques are now being adopted to make sure that the losses incurred by farmers can be mitigated during the floods. We are also working on climate-smart seeds,” he pointed out.
Nath said that among the North Eastern states, including Sikkim, Tripura has reached the second-highest number of farmers after Assam through VKSA campaign, an achievement unprecedented in the state’s history, and said, “Since we have limited land, we have to be wise while determining the suitable crop for plantation; this message was given to our farmers in VKSA.”
“The dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to bring India under modern, creative, and stable management in the field of agriculture and establish the country as the grain bank of the world,” he said.
Through this campaign, about 16,000 agricultural scientists and a team of officials from 2,170 agricultural and allied sectors across the country came with the message of bringing the benefits of modern agricultural technology to 1.5 crore farmers in 700 districts.
The main objective of this campaign is to ensure food and nutrition security for 1.45 crore people, increase farmers’ income by enhancing crop productivity, and conserve natural resources.
The campaign was launched with six key plans: increasing agricultural production, reducing production costs, ensuring fair pricing of produce, providing compensation to those affected by natural disasters, promoting crop diversification and food processing, and encouraging natural and organic farming,” he said.
In Tripura, food grains are produced on more than 2.01 lakh hectares during the Kharif season. As a result of this campaign, if the average yield per hectare increases by 500 kg through science-based farming, it will be possible to raise the state’s food grain production by 1 lakh metric tonnes this year. Only then will the core objective of this campaign be fulfilled,” he added.
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