New Delhi/Agartala, June 25 (IANS) Tripura Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Thursday announced that the state government has decided to expand the area under Queen variety pineapple cultivation from the existing 12,000 hectares to 15,000 hectares over the next three years. The Minister also said that two bromelain extraction centres would be established in Agartala and the Gomati district to enhance value addition and boost farmers’ income.The Minister made the announc…
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Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) Tripura Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath, on Monday, flagged off a consignment of 15,000 scented lemons from the Agartala Railway Station to Kolkata, marking another milestone in the state’s expanding organic farming sector. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that although scented lemons from Tripura had earlier been sent outside the state, this consignment was exported through the Tripura State Organic Farming Development Agency in collab…