Bihar scaling new heights in agriculture production: Nitish

PATNA: Once regarded as a backward state on agriculture front also, Bihar is now hogging the limelight at national level and its farmers are getting national awards due to their hard work, said chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday. He said farmers should adopt the 'system of rice intensification (SRI)' method to maximize the yield.Launching SRI Sanskriti and Kisan Gaurav Abhiyan Kharif-2014 and green belt programme at Dr C P Thakur College in Chechaul village under Naubatpur block of Patna district, Nitish said five of Bihar's farmers broke world record in paddy production and created new record in the yield of potato and wheat. In 2011-12, two state farmers were honoured with Krishi Karman Award for paddy production and in 2012-13 two more farmers received the same award in wheat production. The CM felicitated four Krishi Karman awardee farmers - Shanti Devi, Sumant Kumar, Kamla Prakash and Zahid Khan - with Kisan Gaurav Samman.