Agriculture department proposes to provide Krishi Sanjeevini vehicles to all Raitha Samparka Kendras in Karnataka.
KARKALA: Agriculture department has drawn up an ambitious plan to provide Krishi Sanjeevini – lab to land – mobile soil testing laboratories to all raitha samparka kendras in Karnataka. As a pilot, 20 such vehicles have been given to as many Kendras in Koppal districts.
The department has urged chief minister B S Yediyurappa to allot funds to purchase 519 vehicles for the remaining Kendras, minister for agriculture B C Patil announced here on Monday.
Launching the ‘Kaarla Kaje’ boiled rice brand and ‘Karkala Bili Bende’ seeds, Patil said the CM has in-principle agreed to sanction funds to purchase these vehicles. With a common toll free number for the state – 155313 – farmers will get soil testing assistance at their doorsteps. Krishi Sanjeevini vehicle will have an agriculture graduate working and assist the farmers with the kind of nutrients they n