With the changing climate, the state Agriculture department is focusing on greenhouse farming to create a favorable environment for farming. Currently, there are four large greenhouses in the Siliguri sub-division.
“Temperatures have gone up in leaps and bounds. It is affecting the agriculture sector. Due to the heat, the price of the vegetables has also increased. For the past few years, this has become the trend. Greenhouses are becoming essential in such situations. So, we also advise the farmers to farm in greenhouses. Few companies have built large-sized greenhouses where they cultivate different varieties of vegetables in a controlled atmosphere favorable for farming,” said Partha Roy, Assistant Director of the Agriculture department in Siliguri.
Environmentalists have predicted a rise in temperatures and heat waves owing to global warming in the future. The Agriculture Department is concerned about this. In such a situation, the Agriculture department has decided to emphasize greenhouses to maintain the supply of vegetables. Greenhouse systems are very time-efficient. It can control the temperature as per the requirement.
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