PATNA: In a bid to strengthen the agro-marketing infrastructure in Bihar, stateagriculture department is set to build two major marketing hubs in Muzaffarpur and Patna-Nalanda region apart from developing 54 bazaar samitis across the state.
Presenting the achievements and targets of the department at a press meet on Thursday, agriculture department's principal secretary Vivek Kumar Singh said, "Apart from facilitating and assisting the farmers in the marketing sector, private markets are also in the offing in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank. The groundwork is complete and we would soon invite tenders for the market hubs."
The department has also set a target of producing over 50 lakh organic plants at its nurseries and agriculture universities in the coming year to distribute among farmers. A separate organic marketing unit was also proposed for certification and marketing of organic produce. "The use of organic fertilizers and vermicompost has considerably reduced chemical fertilizers in farming," horticulture director Ajay Yadav said, adding, "In the last Kharif and ongoing Rabi season, almost one lakh metric tonne less urea was used in the state," he said.
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