JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has set the target of spending Rs. 202.31 crore on agriculture and related services during the 2007-08 Annual Plan to produce 1.6-crore metric tonnes of food grain.

Oilseeds

An official release stated here on Tuesday that while food grains would be sown in an area measuring 1.26-crore hectares, oilseeds would be sown over 46.05-lakh hectares, cotton over 5-lakh hectares and sugarcane over 5,000 hectares. Over 15-lakh fruit bearing trees will be distributed and saplings planted in a 5,000-hectare area during the Plan period.

The Annual Plan allocation for the National Horticulture Mission amounts to Rs. 2 crore. Besides, the State Government has set the target for disbursement of loans worth Rs. 3,670 crore to farmers through cooperative societies during the year.

According to the official release, 18 districts have been included in the State Forestry and Biodiversity Scheme funded by the Japan Bank. A provision of Rs. 54.65 crore has been made for the scheme during 2007-08. The works under the scheme will include those of plantation, maintenance of trees and land and water conservation.

Production

As part of the agricultural services, Rs. 8.61 crore will be given to Agriculture Universities in Bikaner and Udaipur, and Rs. 88.22 crore will be spent on farm production, Rs. 47 lakh on water conservation, Rs. 17.35 crore on animal husbandry, Rs. 85 lakh on fisheries, Rs. 2.70 crore on storage of farm produce and Rs. 8.96 crore on cooperative activities.

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