Buxar: District magistrate Anshul Aggrawal launched district-level ‘kharif abhiyan’, 2025 on Thursday with a training-cum-workshop at the agriculture centre at Itadhi.The DM said that block-level ‘kharif mahabhiyan’ will run from May 26 to June 1, followed by kisan chaupal at the panchayat-level from June 2 to 21. The goal of the campaign is to inform the farmers about the latest farming practices, enabling them to adopt climate-resilient agricultural methods in the face of challenges such as floods and droughts.As part of the campaign, training sessions will cover a wide range of topics, including climate-friendly agriculture cultivation of coarse grains, kharif maize, baby corn, and sweet corn, subsidies for Shankar paddy seeds and promotion of aromatic rice varieties under all-round development of two model panchayats in each district under the Adarsh Panchayat Yojana Yuva Kisan Karyakram.

The district has set a kharif coverage target of 1,01,353 hectares, comprising 96,923 hectares for paddy, 3,849 hectares for maize, and 580 hectares for pigeon pea, among others. All block agriculture officers, coordinators, and farmer advisors have been tasked with achieving this target through coordinated efforts.The DM also highlighted the importance of the PM Kisan Nidhi Yojana, under which 78,110 farmers have registered for financial support to purchase agricultural inputs.A strong emphasis was placed on the prevention of stubble burning. The registration of 383 farmers found burning crop residue has been blocked this year. Extension workers have been instructed to raise awareness about the harmful effects of this practice.