The scheme was earlier christened "Farmers field school" but the chief minister insisted that the nomenclature should be in the local language.

"Someone suggested Kisan Vidyalaya as the name for the scheme but it was rejected on the plea that it should not meet the fate of Charwaha Vidyalaya," said Nitish while referring to the schools for shepherds once opened by the then chief minister, Lalu Prasad which soon were shut down.

The Union government informed that the growth rate in the country in 2005-07 was 9.4%, but during the same period it was 10.5% in Bihar, the CM disclosed and attributed the increase due to high growth in agriculture registered in the state.

Bihar is ranked third in the country in vegetable production and seventh in fruit production, deputy chief minister, Sushil Kumar Modi informed.

He further disclosed that earlier the fish production was 400 kg per hectare while now it has leaped to 800 kg per hectare. Similarly, the Compfed earlier collected five lakh litres of milk per day while the daily collection now stands at nine lakh litres per day.

Speaking on global warming, Nitish said the Copenhagen Summit was a failure due to the stubborn attitude of the developed nations who do not want to cut their carbon emission.

This, he said, was responsible for the global warming and adverse impact on environment. The CM also hit out at the Centre for the rise in prices and inflation.

Reacting to the statement of Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar that state governments were not cooperating in checking hoarding, Nitish said his govenment had taken all precautionary measures but the price keeps shooting up because of the central government policies.