The Director of Department of Agriculture (DoA) and the Chief of Agriculture Research and Extension Division and the Chief of Agriculture Production Division visited the Office of Programme Management on 22^nd October, 2017.

The Director and the Chiefs interacted with the staff of OPM and Agriculture Research and the Development Center (ARDC). They deliberated on various subjects under the DoA including the primary investment areas of Agriculture sector in 12^th Five Year Plan.

The Director highlighted that Irrigation, Land Development, Human-wildlife conflict management, Farm mechanization and Innovative Technologies are some of the primary investment areas in 12 FYP.

Since the investments areas of DoA in next FYP is aligned with the overall investments areas of CARLEP, it is expected that the CARLEP can further promote the commercialization vegetables to uplift the rural poverty and increase the economic and nutritional status of the rural people in the east.