Tripura: 'Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan Surpasses Target. 34% women Farmers Participate' Minister
- By Thetripurapost Desk, Agartala
- Jun 14, 2025
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The Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan, which was launched in Tripura, has created a new history. The campaign has reached 1,95,263 farmers across the state, out of which 66,899, or about 34 percent, were women farmers. This is much higher than the initial target of 1.72 lakh.
In a press conference State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath said that among the states of North-East India, Tripura has reached the highest number of farmers through this campaign after Assam. This is an unprecedented success in the history of the state's agriculture sector.
The minister said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream is to bring agriculture under a modern, creative and sustainable system and make India the grain bank of the world. The overall development of the country is not possible without the development of agriculture. For this, the central government is working on the policy of 'One Nation, One Agriculture, One Idea'."
He said that 2,170 officials from agriculture and related departments and about 16,000 agricultural scientists participated in the campaign from May 29 to June 12 across the country. The main objective of the campaign was to spread the message of modern agricultural technology to 1.5 crore farmers in 700 districts. Along with this, the goals of food and nutrition security of 1.45 crore people, increasing farmers' income, and conserving natural resources were also set.
The campaign was launched based on six key plans: increasing agricultural production, reducing production costs, ensuring fair prices, compensating those affected by natural disasters, encouraging crop diversification and food processing, and expanding natural and organic agriculture.
Minister Nath said that 3 expert teams are formed in each district of the state, who hold 3 farmer meetings every day. As a result, an average of 108 meetings are held in each district. A total of 956 meetings are held in 8 districts of the state.
These meetings discuss various development projects of the Central and State Governments, scientific agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, soil health testing, etc. At least 200 farmers, FPOs, FPCs and members of self-help groups participate in each meeting.
Nath said, "During these 15 days, agriculture officials and scientists have interacted with farmers across the state and taken their suggestions. Based on that feedback, future plans for the development of the state's agricultural system will be taken."
He further said, "The country has already witnessed the Green Revolution, the White Revolution and the Blue Revolution. The Yellow Revolution is currently underway, and the 'Sweet Revolution' will begin soon. Farmers will be encouraged to achieve self-reliance in honey production through beekeeping."
Referring to the Kharif season, the Minister said, "Food grains are grown on 2.01 lakh hectares of land in Tripura. If this campaign can increase production by 500 kg per hectare by following scientific farming methods, food grain production in the state can be increased to 1 lakh metric tonnes this year. Only then will the real goal of this campaign be achieved."