Portal for Farmers launched
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The Farmers’ Portal of the Department of Agriculture is a platform for farmers to seek any information related to agriculture. Detailed information on farmers’ insurance, agricultural storage, crops, extension activities, seeds, pesticides, farm machineries amongst other information is provided.
Details of fertilizers, market prices, package and practices, programmes, welfare schemes are also given. Block-level details related to soil fertility, storage, insurance, training, etc. are also available on the portal.
Speaking on the occasion, Lyngdoh said that the portal will directly connect farmers to the Agriculture Department and hoped that the information provided in the portal will prove to be beneficial to the famers of the State.
Reiterating that the Government is continuously working to improve the condition of framers, the State Agriculture Minister informed that the Department is seriously working towards an Agriculture Policy and also setting Minimum Support Prices for famers’ produces so that they are not exploited.
Additional Chief Secretary and Agriculture Production Commissioner, K N Kumar informed that the portal has been set up with the financial support of the Central Government through the National e-Governance Plan and the technical support of the National Informatics Centre, Shillong. With 80 per cent of the population directly or indirectly involved in agriculture, Kumar said that there is a need to consciously reach out to famers from all corners of the State and as such the portal will go a long way in that direction.
He also added that the portal will soon be available in Khasi and Garo languages as well.