Bihar to explore potential of cooperative farming, teams to visit Gujarat

Bihar's Cooperative Minister announces teams to study cooperative farming in Gujarat, aiming to boost local agricultural employment and productivity.

With a view to explore the potential of carrying out “cooperating farming” in the State, Bihar’s Cooperative Minister Pramod Kumar on Monday (February 23, 2026) asserted that teams of 50 persons each associated with cooperative societies will be sent to Gujarat to study cooperative farming.

Asserting that the State has potential for cooperative farming in view of small land holdings, Mr. Kumar while addressing the press said that “a team of 50 persons each associated with cooperative societies of the department will visit Gujarat and see how people are carrying out cooperative farming and how it is creating employment opportunities there (in Gujarat). The teams after studying Gujarat’s cooperative farming will replicate the same in Bihar.”

Stating that Bihar has the potential of carrying out cooperative farming, the Minister said that “now the State’s farmers do not have big land holdings. Earlier, farmers used to have 100 acres, 150 acres or 200 acres of land but now that is not the case. Now, it [land parcels] has been further divided into small pieces of land. We are exploring the potential of cooperative farming in the State.”

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The Minister was accompanied by Cooperative Department’s Secretary Dharmendra Singh, Registrar, Cooperative Societies Rajnish Kumar Singh, Additional Registrar, Cooperative Societies Ram Naresh Pandey and others on the occasion. 

Cooperative has the potential of giving employment opportunities, Mr. Kumar said, adding that the department is looking into the possibilities of creating employment through cooperatives as it has the potential to create employment opportunities.