Tripura has begun experimental soilless hydroponic farming: Ratan Lal Nath

AGARTALA: The Tripura government has experimentally started the hydroponics method of cultivation without any soil, the state’s agriculture minister Ratan Lal Nath said here on Friday.

The minister said that the hydroponics farming experiment was initiated at the Horticulture Research Complex at Nagicherra in West Tripura District. “After finding its success, we would execute the hydroponics farming in different parts of the state,” Nath told the media.

An official of the Horticulture Research Complex said that hydroponics is an urban farming method of growing plants without soil, using a nutrient-rich water solution instead. This technique allows for controlled environments, efficient resource utilisation, and disease-free crop production, he said.

According to the official, hydroponics can be used for small-scale hobbyist gardens or large-scale commercial farming of eight to ten varieties of leafy vegetables. The Agriculture Minister said that as part of the 15-day nationwide campaign of ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’, 873 meetings and gatherings were held in Tripura’s eight districts from May 29 to June 12, and over 1.95 lakh farmers attended these meetings despite inclement weather and heavy rain during these periods.

In compliance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of making the country self-sufficient in agricultural productivity and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s scheme of a pre-kharif season campaign, the minister, in collaboration with the scientists of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) in each district, has completed the massive 15-day-long campaign on Thursday. Through this programme, farmers are being informed about research for advanced agriculture, keeping in mind the needs of their specific area, climatic conditions, soil fertility capacity and other factors, Nath told the media.  (IANS)

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