He told reporters that students would get a stipend, funded by the state government, for this work.

"The students will be responsible for sending agro advisories to farmers, data collection and ensuring all the agriculture-related schemes and policies reach farmers," Fadnavis said.

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He said the need of the hour was to ensure correct advisories to farmers in order to avoid double sowing.

"We need to create a mechanism for information dissemination and proper communication on the ground," Fadnavis said.

He said that the government was ready to make a provision for "earn while you learn" scheme which will work on an app-based mechanism.

"With this, we can reach out to farmers, have speedy communication, and do various interventions," Fadnavis said.

He was speaking while chairing a review meeting for this year's Kharif season. The meeting was attended by cabinet ministers, secretaries of departments, Vice-Chancellors of various agriculture universities, collectors, CEOs of Zilla Parishads among others.

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Edited by mid-day online desk, with inputs from PTI

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