The Agriculture Department is mainly responsible for supplying inputs required by farmers. These include fertilizers, seeds, pesticides, and tools. This department is responsible for maintaining and controlling the required stock of fertilizers, seeds, and pesticides in the district, making them available at various sales centers. The work is supervised by the Agriculture Department at the Panchayat Samiti level.
For the implementation of various schemes of this department, there are Agriculture Development Officers (Class-1), District Agriculture Officers (Class-2), Campaign Officers (Class-2), and Agriculture Officers Class-3-21 posts at the Panchayat Samiti level, while Extension Officers Agriculture have 32 posts.
The district’s information is as follows.
| Item/Details | Year 2015-16 (Area in Hectares) |
|---|---|
| Geographical Area Hectares | 776,300 |
| forest area | 1,40,000 |
| Area brought into non-agricultural use | 36,200 |
| Barren and uncultivable area | 44,200 |
| Permanent pastures | 41,100 |
| Cultivable area hectares | 4,76,600 |
| Kharif season total area including sugarcane hectares | 3,78,848 |
| Rabi season general area hectares | 21,023 |
| Summer season general area hectares | 5050 |
| Total area of sugarcane in hectares | 1,86,905 |
| District average rainfall mm. | 1899 mm. |