September 19, 2015 5:40 PM

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Agriculture Ministry to organize Rabi & Kharif Conference next week

Agriculture Ministry will organize Rabi and Kharif Conference next week in Delhi to review performance of the preceding season and prepare strategies for the coming season.<br/><br/>An official release said, the Ministry will review the production performance of Kharif-2015 season and will take stock of inputs to ensure timely supply and creating awareness of new technologies, innovations in crop production and allied sectors.<br/><br/>The Rabi season is an important as Kharif in ensuring the nation's food security.<br/><br/>The principle crops are wheat, cereals like barley, rabi maize, pulses like bengal gram, oilseeds like mustard and commercial crops like tobacco. <br/><br/>Rabi cropping system contributes to the country's foodgrains output to an extent of about 51 per cent on an average. <br/><br/>Agriculture Ministry's strategy is to maximize the rabi output against the backdrop of rainfall deficit in some parts of the country.

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