Agriculture roadmap to augment the per capita income of the people of Bihar

Nitish Kumar has charted the 10-year agriculture roadmap aimed at augmenting the per capita income of the people of Bihar which at present is lowest in the country and 40 per cent below the national average.

Nitish Kumar apprised the state Assembly that the roadmap for agriculture focuses on improving the income and quality of life of tillers, workers and owners of small landholdings.

• He said "We are clear on how to improve the agriculture products on productivity. Our land is fertile, climate is conducive and we have hard working people in our farmlands. What we are lacking in are the modern technology and proper arrangement to preserve and process our products.”

• The state was depending on Andhra Pradesh and other states for fish, eggs, milk and its products despite the fact that Bihar was full with potential to produce these necessary things and even cater to the needs of the other states. Our roadmap has envisioned to make the state self sufficient in these products.

•  The agriculture cabinet — the nodal agency to implement the vision — would prepare the health card of the soils in different regions of the state. The health card of the soil in particular region will suggest its need of nitrogen, oxygen, water and other nutrition it requires.”
  
  The first roadmap has gone a long way in ensuring seeds replacement. We have replaced the old and outdated seeds with the new one, which has led to increase in the yield in a big way.Even the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has recognised our model of seeds replacement and has recommended it to be implemented in the rest of the country.