CM to see collective farming by 59 families of Shivpura

Gandhinagar, Sunday: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today visited three villages of Mahundra, Halisa and Dhanap in Shivpura in Gandhinagar district to see firsthand the collective farming by 59 families on 150 hectares through cent percent Israeli system of sprinkler and drip irrigation. They are growing groundnut, potato and date palm.

Impressed by the sustainable agriculture’s pilot project of collective farming, he wished the experiment be implemented elsewhere in the state. Drip irrigation comes handy in years of drought. He was also impressed by crop protection, recycling empty containers of pesticides.

The Chief Minister recalled his own observations of drip irrigation during his visit to Israel, creating a revolution of sorts in their scanty rainfall country. He spoke to the farmers and discussed the scope of desalination plants.

He was accompanied by MLA Shambhuji Thakor, Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Prasad, Director of Agriculture Bharatbhai Modi, District Collector S.K. Langa, DDO and other officers.