Doti, Aug 27, Chief Minister of the Sudur Pascim State, Trilochan Bhatta has stressed on the need of giving top priority to agriculture.
Addressing a day-long seminar organized for the chiefs of the Agriculture Knowledge Centre and Agriculture Contact Office in all the nine districts of the state in Dipayal today, Chief Minister Bhatta said more investment has to be poured in agriculture for the development of the Sudur Paschim state as it is very suitable place for agriculture.
“The face of Sudur Paschim state could be transformed if we could work focusing more on agriculture sector, ” he said and urged the agriculture offices to invest more time and money in agriculture activities to support the farmers.
A majority of the office chiefs participating in the seminar said that investment in agriculture sector could not be made to the desired extent due to the paucity of budgetary funds.
