Initiative on to protect Agri land
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, October 18 2013 :
Manipur Government has taken initiative towards formulating an 'agricultural land protection policy' to tackle the problem of impending low food production in the state, the Agriculture Department said.
State Agriculture Director G Shamu Kabui said Manipur has a total land area of 22, 327 sq km, but its arable area is only 9.41 sq km which continues to shrink due to human settlement and others.
Addressing a function marking 'World Food Day 2013" at the conference hall of Directorate of Agriculture here on October 16, Shamu said that the increase in population in the state was a potential threat on food security of the state and that scarcity of food could be a serious problem in near future.
"The state Government has taken initiative towards formulating an agricultural land protection policy that aims to conserve the agricultural land of the state, "he informed.
He said such policy would certainly control the imminent decrease in food production.