The State government has, in collaboration with
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT), launched an ambitious project, Suvarna Krishi Grama Yojane,
in 105 villages in the first phase to increase the income of farmers by
at least 20 per cent in one year through augmented productivity,
diversification and market linkages.
According to
sources in ICRISAT, based at Pattancheru on the outskirts of Hyderabad
in Telangana State, the ultimate aim of the project was to cover at
least 1,000 villages in the State. The new initiative by the Karnataka
Government and ICRISAT would ensure a big transformation in the life of
the farming community and help achieve the objective of increasing
agricultural productivity.
By actively involving the
community in the scheme, officials in the ICRISAT said, the objective
was to transform villages by developing an impact-oriented participatory
model using state-of-the-art technologies.
This
model can be scaled up for more integrated and sustainable rural
development in the State in phases. A comprehensive approach will be
taken by promoting Inclusive Market Oriented Development (IMOD).
Source : The Hindu
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