Union minister Jitendra Singh has said the government's focus is to build the capacity of farmers and create jobs in the agriculture sector. <br/><br/>Stressing that there is a need for new perspectives to promote agro-based entrepreneurship, Mr Singh emphasised on capacity building and job creation in agriculture and its allied sectors. He added that similar initiatives are already underway in the north-east. <br/><br/>The minister of state in the PMO was speaking on Friday at an awareness campaign on centrally sponsored schemes for agriculture organised by the Directorate of Field Publicity, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. <br/><br/>The campaign's aim is to help farmers to avail benefits of government's schemes to double their income by 2022. Mr. Singh said technical initiatives taken in the agriculture sector will ensure an increase in productivity and augment the economic profile of the farming community as envisaged by the prime minister.<br/>