An integrated vegetable cultivation scheme will be
implemented in the Erattayar, Kanchiyar, Kattappana, Ayyappancoil,
Upputhara, Vandanmedu and Chakkuplaam Krishi Bhavan areas.
For
public sector institutions, including educational institutions,
Rs.4,000 will be given for cultivating vegetables in 10 cents of land
and Rs.1,000 for other expenses.
Farmers will be
trained and those who cultivate vegetables in cluster units will be
given financial assistance to purchase pump sets and other equipment.
On house premises
Those
who do not belong to cluster units will be given an assistance of
Rs.15,000 per hectare for vegetable cultivation. Those who cultivate
vegetables on house premises will also be given financial support under
the scheme, said a release here on Wednesday.
Source : The Hindu
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