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Samridhi- Agricultural Policy 2020

The Odisha cabinet approved Agriculture Policy 2020 to boost farmer income with focus on providing market linkages and technical support. The policy has been prepared with objectives of ensuring continuous growth in farmers' income, making the growth process inclusive of small and marginal farmers and ensuring sustainable, stable, and scalabe agricultural growth. The agriculture policy named as 'Samridhi' focuses on creating an ecosystem interlining inputs-production-markets, sustainable increase in yields of paddy and diversification to high-value agriculture, encouraging efficient and ecologically sensitive use of inputs mainly water, land, and soil.