New initiatives to boost agriculture output

 As many as 100 local farmers have been engaged in the ongoing Seed Village project initiated by Allied Crop Care Pvt. Ltd of Assam at Merapani Chowdang Pathar Gaon in Golaghat district of Upper Assam.

• The company, which is engaged in developing modern seeds in Assam in collaboration with the North East Space Application Centre, Borapani, Shillong, will use drone sensor in this seed village to monitor the seed cultivation which is said to be first- of- its-kind in the
  agricultural sector of the state.
• At present about 2,000 bighas have been chosen for cultivation with quality seeds.
• According to the project, the latest hybrid seed of paddy ‘Ranjit Sub-1’ collected by the company from the Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat, will be supplied to the farmers.

Agriculture sector in Assam:

• Agriculture in Assam accounts for about 54.11 per cent of the total geographical area of the state, with almost 70% of the population directly dependent on agriculture as an income source. It is an integral revenue earning sector of the state, sustaining a huge number of people.
• Owing to the availability of fertile soil and abundance of rain, the state provides a favourable environment of production of both food and cash crops such as rice, pulses, tea etc.
• Since the economy of Assam is primarily dependent on agriculture, the Agriculture Department of Assam is striving to practise a sustainable, cost-effective and scientifically advanced form of agriculture through implementation of various policies and initiatives.

By: Ziyaur Rahman