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Govt. to issue soil health cards to farmers

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Requirement for fertilisers in their land for a good crop yield

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government will distribute "soil health cards'' to small and marginal farmers to provide them with vital information on the presence of biological elements in the sands and the requirement for fertilisers and micronutrients in the their land to get a good crop yield.

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said at a meeting to formulate an action plan on "agricultural renewal and renaissance'' here on Friday that 10-lakh cards would be distributed across the State during the next one year, while the number of soil testing laboratories would be increased.

Noted agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan and the State Agriculture Minister, Prabhulal Saini, attended the high-level meeting in which a decision to establish six working groups for different agro-climatic zones in the State was taken. Independent experts will head each of these groups.

Ms. Raje said the groups would examine various aspects of land and soil health enhancement, water management, technology and input management, value addition in agro-processing and marketing support, credit and insurance support, and animal husbandry and feeder development. A joint convention of these groups will be held here on April 17 and 18 next.

Prof. Swaminathan called for establishing village knowledge centres in Rajasthan by dovetailing the computer programs such as Edusat and Charisma. Experts attending the meeting also deliberated on biomass energy, bio-farming and energy production by non-conventional methods.

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