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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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