New Delhi: Center will promote agricultural-nervous initiative across the country to provide expert advice and services to farmers on various aspects of farming, Union Agriculture Minister Shivj Singh Chauhan said on Tuesday.He said that the way of expanding the network of Agri-Clinics was discussed in detail on Tuesday, in which in the light of the input received by officials and scientists by officials and scientists during their fortnight (29-May 12), ‘Vikasi Krishi Shankalap Abhiyan’, a PAN-India Campaign, which is a PAN-India campaign, which farmers under the Center under ‘Lab’ under the Center under ‘Lab’ under the Center ‘Lab’ under the ‘Lab’ PAN-India is a campaign.A pan-India network of such clinics will help farmers receive crop-specific advice, when they face problems with their standing crops or are related to the use of inputs such as pesticides and fertilizers.Although the Ministry of Agriculture has been implementing the ‘Agricultural-Nidanik and Agricultural-business center’ scheme in collaboration with NABARD since 2002, the initiative has not received the desired traction.This initiative was prepared in such a way that it could tap the expertise available in large pools of agricultural graduates and facilitate the establishment of Agricultural-Nidanic or Agricultural Business Centers to offer numerous farmers to offer professional expansion services. Agri-Clinics is expected to help farmers on soil health, crop practices, safety of plants and post-harvesting techniques.In Tuesday’s meeting, the ministry also decided to discuss crop-specific issues with farmers, given that every crop throws its set of challenges.Chauhan said that the ministry will start practice by connecting with soybean farmers in Madhya Pradesh on 26 June, after which there will be similar discussion on cotton, sugarcane, pulses and oilseeds in various states.In another meeting, the Ministry approved the purchase of moong (green village) and urad (black grams) in Madhya Pradesh, and Udad in Uttar Pradesh under the Central Freeding Price Assistance Scheme (PSS).The scheme is implemented and when the notified pulses and oilseed market prices fall below the minimum support price (MSP) during the peak harvesting period, providing remuneration to farmers.
