Department of Agriculture (West Bengal)

Department of Agriculture
	Seal of West Bengal
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of West Bengal
Headquarters	Nabanna
Minister responsible	Asish Banerjee, Minister for Agriculture;
Website	matirkatha.net

The Department of Agriculture of West Bengal is the specific arm of the Bengal government working to improve agriculture, develop export opportunities for agri produce and look after the welfare of farmers.[1]

Works

It takes policy decisions on agricultural production and productivity, and by extension, on technology generation, ensuring availability and timely distribution of agriculture inputs specially seeds, fertilisers, subsidy, credit etc. Support service is provided through soil testing, soil and water conservation, seed testing and certification, plan production, quality control of fertilisers and pesticides, etc. Main stake holders for the Department are--(i) Farmers (ii) Government (iii) Manufacturer, dealers and retailers of Fertiliser, Seed and Pesticide (iv) Citizens in General.[2]

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), AGRISNET. Retrieved on May 1, 2015

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[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), AGRISNET. Retrieved on May 1, 2015