Baripada: Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo, who also holds the agriculture portfolio, launched a mega oil palm plantation campaign in Mayurbhanj district on Saturday.
The state-level campaign was launched at Dhanpur village under Betonati block of the tribal-dominated district.
The programme of oil palm cultivation has been taken up with the support of eleven palm oil companies, which also exhibited their products on the occasion.
For the promotion and propagation of the cultivation, the farmers are given incentives under the National Edible Oil Mission Scheme by the Central Government, official sources said.
Over 3,000 farmers from all the blocks in Mayurbhanj district will benefit from this large-scale oil palm plantation campaign.
The Deputy CM said that the palm oil cultivation mission of the central government, which has been started in 20 districts in the state, will bring economic prosperity among farmers.
The drive focuses on the livelihood of the farmers, who would be able to earn more than Rs 2 lakh per a hectare of land by undertaking oil palm cultivation.
Singh Deo, who reviewed various works of his departments in the conference hall of Mayurbhanj Collector, said all the promises made by BJP during the elections will be fulfilled in five years.
