The state Agriculture Department has seen the lockdown period as an opportunity to get involved with the growers through the digital technology. SHIMLA : The positive impact of the lockdown, enforced to contain the coronavirus spread, is visible in the agricultural fields and orchards of Himachal Pradesh where almost 80 per cent of rural households possess some land.
The state Agriculture Department has seen the lockdown period as an opportunity to get involved with the growers through the digital technology.
A total of 5,676 farmers have been enrolled with the communication platform WhatsApp that is being used by the department to solve their problems and issues advisories to them from time to time. "Ninety-four WhatsApp agricultural