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The
Department of Agriculture was established in the
year 1948.In 1950, it was merged with Forest Department.The
Department started functioning independently in
the year 1952. In 1970, Horticulture was carved
out of the Department of Agriculture and separate
Department of Horticulture was established. The
agriculture research was also taken out from Agriculture
Department and was assigned to Agriculture Complex
now Agriculture University, Palampur. The Department
of Agriculture is therefore now concentrating on
agriculture production and soil water conservation. |
Himachal
Pradesh is predominately an agricultural State
where Agriculture provides direct employment to
about 71 percent of the total population. The Agriculture
sector contributes nearly 30 percent of the total
state domestic product. The Department of Agriculture
is dedicated to serve the farming community by
implementing various Developmental Programmes and
disseminating the relevant technology to increase
productivity, production and profitability of field
crops. The natural endowments like soil, land,
water etc. are being harnessed in such a way that
cherished goals of ecological sustainability, economic
upliftment of farming community are achieved. About
18-20% area is irrigated and rest is rain fed. |
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