Chambers should help farmers : Mollah

West Bengal Food Processing Industries and Horticulture minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah today said that organisations like industry chambers should help small and medium farmers to opt for modern and scentific way of farming in the land-critical state.

The concept of big farmers is missing in Bengal and the state has small and medium farmers only, he said in his keynote address on 'Prospects of Horticulture in Modern Era' at Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry here.

West Bengal does not have enough farm land considering the large number of farmers and the land holdings are small compared to north India. "Our farmers are not introduced to the latest technology in farming. If we have to meet the global standards, the Chambers must act as go-between between agri-farmers and scientists who are advocating technologies like organic farming."