Manipur, Sept. 29 -- The winter seeds were distributed to farmers in Manipur under the area expansion programme of vegetables of MIDH 2020-21

Chief Minister N.Biren Singh along with his cabinet colleagues and MLAs distributed winter seeds to 5,940 farmers under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) in a function held at Farmers' Training Hall, Horticulture Farm at Khonghampat in Imphal West District Tuesday.

The seeds were distributed under the area expansion programme of vegetables of MIDH 2020-21 to meet the emergent requirement of the prevailing situation due to COVID-19. The state Horticulture and Soil Conservation Department has selected 5,940 farmers to cover 2970 hectares for this purpose.

Speaking at the...