Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Virender Kanwar today said the second phase of the Himachal Pradesh Crop Diversification Promotion (HPCDP) Project, funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will be launched soon in the state.
About 25,000 farmers of the state would be covered under the Rs 1,010 crore project, which would focus on bringing rain-fed land under Irrigation, crop diversification and bringing new cultivation techniques for the farmers in their fields.
306 new irrigation schemes would be implemented in the state which, when complete, will have a total irrigation command area of about 9,000 hectares. He added that new irrigation techniques like drip and systems would be adopted to conserve water.
Besides, high-yielding varieties of seeds will be introduced to the farmers to boost their produce. In order to provide road connectivity for transportation of produce from remote areas, the construction of village roads has also been proposed, he said, adding that a sum of Rs 30 crore had been set aside for strengthening 13 existing agriculture produce Marketing yards.