Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said they must take up allied activities like dairy, fisheries and poultry to maximize earnings
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: PIB/File)
Concerned over farmers not getting adequate returns from their investment, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said they must take up allied activities like dairy, fisheries and poultry to maximize earnings.
Speaking at Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad on ‘Doubling Farm Income by 2022’, Naidu said agriculture remains an unattractive vocation for many despite the phenomenal increase in food production.
“There is a need for educating the farmers on various possibilities to diversify not only in terms of alternative cropping patterns but also to give them facilities for taking up allied activities like dairy, fisheries, poultry,” he said.
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“Poultry is one area where there is a lot of scope for expansion. Farmers should adopt this as means of getting additional income. Research should reach the farmers,” Naidu told the crowd consisting of agricultural researchers.
He noted that agriculture was an unattractive vocation for many families despite phenomenal increase in food production as farmers were not able to get adequate returns from their investment.
“Agricultural scientists and managers must come up with solutions that will impact the farmers lives positively and increase their incomes,” he said.
“Farmers must be supported through market information, ware housing and cold storage facilities as well as the credit, marketing and insurance facilities,” he added.
“It is crucial to provide timely and adequate credit is available to all the farmers. It is also important to establish a dialogue with farmers and provide them with knowledge and material resources to increase their incomes,” he said further.
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