Guwahati, July 5 -- Assam Minister for Agriculture, Irrigation, and Parliamentary Affairs, Pijush Hazarika on Sunday attended the "Ceremonial Distribution of Seeds and Planting Materials" organized by Assam Agricultural University (AAU) at the Horticulture Research Station campus at Kahikuchi in Kamrup district.

Thanking AAU for the initiative, the Minister announced that the Agriculture Department has set an ambitious target to distribute 1 crore high-yielding horticulture saplings across the state.

Emphasizing fruit and cash crop cultivation, he stated that systematically multi-cropping assets like coconut, black pepper, pineapple, and dragon fruit on the same land would multiply economic benefits for farming families.

Minister Hazar...