Patna, Nov. 9 -- Bihar Agriculture Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Monday said the state government aims to connect farmers directly with markets and create new opportunities to enhance their income, rather than restricting them to agricultural production alone.
He said the extensive network of the Department of Posts would be utilised to facilitate the safe and timely transportation of agricultural input samples to testing laboratories. The initiative would also explore home delivery of essential agricultural products, including seeds, pesticides and organic fertilisers, to farmers.
Sinha was speaking here after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Agriculture Department and the Bihar Circle of the Department of P...