guwahati the state government has shifted its focus to the problem of increasing trend in prices of vegetables in the state in order to provide a muchneeded boost to production of fresh vegetables the state government is for the first time promoting rooftop vegetable gardening in urban areas the state government will be providing subsidized fertilizers manure gardening material and other essential items required for rooftop gardening to some enthusiastic urban citizens of guwahati and jorhat a daylong workshop was organized here on tuesday to make people aware of the benefits of this practice the skyrocketing prices of vegetables are burning big holes in the pockets of people and the situation is getting worse with time rooftop vegetable gardening will come in handy in solving this problem it is an inclusive exercise in the sense that anyone and everyone take part in it any small space available can be utilized for this purpose there is this revolutionary change that is happening in the agriculture sector worldwide and we should try to implement it we want to promote this practice in the state said agriculture minister nilamani sen deka at the workshop with more and more concrete buildings coming up in cities and towns in the state space crunch is a major hurdle there are hardly any backyards in peoples homes for gardening this concept is viable for people dwelling in apartment complexes as the gardening can be easily done on terraces and even balconies close to 200 participants took part in the seminar and they showed much enthusiasm rooftop vegetable gardening is a popular practice in thailand and we are trying to introduce the thai technique here the sate governments scheme will be implemented in a phased manner and we will be providing subsidized items to the citizens who are interested in taking up this practice said mowsam hazarika subdivisional agriculture officer information of the directorate of horticulture and food processing