Need to promote modern farming practices: DM

Kanpur: District magistrate Kanpur Nagar Jitendra Pratap Singh on Wednesdayvisited polyhouse agriculture farm and stressed the need to develop moresuch successful agri-models to promote modern farming practices amongcultivators.During the visit, the District Magistrate inspected a polyhouse establishedby farmer-entrepreneur Viraj Bhatia in Kalyanpur region.Spread across nearly 10,000 square metres, the project has emerged as anotable example of modern protected cultivation techniques in the district.Officials informed that the polyhouse project was set up at an estimatedcost of around Rs 1.12 crore. Financial assistance of approximately Rs55.95 lakh was provided under the scheme of the National Horticulture Board.He directed the Agriculture andHorticulture Departments to share the experiences of such innovativefarmers with other growers so that a greater number of farmers could availthemselves of the schemes and increase their income.Deputy Director of Agriculture RS Verma stated that six polyhouses werecurrently operational in the district under the Mission for IntegratedDevelopment of Horticulture.