Shillong , May 22, 2008
Meghalaya’s Agriculture Minister B. Bamon, today asked the farmers to look into additional income generating activities, as the state cannot utilize a vast area for agriculture due to topographical problems. Bamon had previously said in a meeting that there was a tremendous scope for the farmers to earn
money from livestock rearing, pisiculture and eco-tourism on this land.
State Secretary Ranjan Chatterjee said “Meghalaya's basic life supporting systems like land, water and vegetation have been facing intense pressure due to natural and human induced factors. Due to undulating topography, maximum area of the land could not be utilized for agricultural purposes. The irrigated
area is only 15 per cent and the majority of the cultivable land is under rainfed condition", he said.
The Minister urged planners and scientists to find out ways and means so that the farmers could go for higher yield per unit area and double cropping, besides using improved seeds and fertilizers on the same piece of land again and again.
“The ecological system of the region has rendered fragile and precariously balanced because of unsustainable agricultural practices, faulty land use, removal of soil cover, extraction of underground depositors besides poverty and under development”, Chatterjee said. PTI
***Edited when interning with FE***
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