Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Odisha Signs Six MoUs to Advance Digital Agriculture
Odisha has signed six agreements to help farmers use better services and farming methods.
The Department of Posts will help farmers in remote villages complete important registrations.
These include Farmer IDs, CM KISAN registration and PM-KISAN verification.
ICRISAT will help improve seeds for pulses and oilseeds.
It will also support crops that can better handle changing weather.
The M S Swaminathan Research Foundation will run a three-year project for 3,000 farmers in Nayagada.
The project will combine nutritious crops, poultry, fish farming and community facilities.
The government says the success of these plans will depend on whether farmers’ incomes and livelihoods improve.
Odisha’s agriculture department signed six MoUs with the Department of Posts, ICRISAT and MSSRF.
The Department of Posts will help deliver digital agriculture services in rural and remote areas.
Postal workers will support Farmer Registry enrolment, Farmer ID generation, CM KISAN registration and PM-KISAN e-KYC.
ICRISAT will work on seed systems, pulses, oilseeds and climate-resilient crop varieties through four RKVY-DPR projects.
MSSRF will implement a three-year nutrition-focused farming project for 3,000 small and marginal farmers in Nayagada.
- Who
- Odisha’s Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, the Department of Posts, Odisha Circle, ICRISAT and MSSRF signed the agreements, in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo.
- What
- They signed six MoUs covering digital agriculture services, seed systems, climate resilience, nutrition and farmer livelihoods.
- When
- The MoUs were signed on Friday.
- Where
- The agreements were signed in Bhubaneswar, Odisha; the MSSRF project will be implemented in Nayagada.
- Why
- The partnerships aim to improve access to digital services, quality seeds, crop productivity, climate resilience, nutrition and farmer incomes.
- Agreements signed
- Six Memorandums of Understanding
- Lead state department
- Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment
- Digital services partner
- Department of Posts, Odisha Circle
- Research partner
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
- Nutrition project partner
- M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
- Project beneficiaries
- 3,000 small and marginal farmers
- Project duration
- Three years
- Project location
- Nayagada