The Agriculture department’s Poshaka Samriddhi Mission will help Kerala attain self-sufficiency in vegetable production, Agriculture Minister P. Prasad has said.
Speaking at the State-level inauguration of farmers’ markets for Onam, an initiative of the Agriculture department, at a function here on Thursday, Mr. Prasad said the State would attain self-sufficiency in vegetable production by 2026.
The government launched the Poshaka Samriddhi Mission last week to increase the production of vegetables and millet in the State. The Minister said the mission would ensure vegetable cultivation in 25 lakh households.
