Tech, govt schemes and private sector key to agri growth: Yogi
CM participates in 'UP Partnership Conclave' organised by the World Bank and Gates Foundation
CM participates in 'UP Partnership Conclave' organised by the World Bank and Gates Foundation
He was peaking at the inauguration of the four-day National Agriculture Summit & Farmers’ Fair-2024 at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu.
Chouhan also highlighted that increasing use and dependence on chemical fertilisers, indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources and unstable weather have put pressure on the soil.
Before the event, Yogi participated in a bilateral meeting with partner country the Netherlands, where he met with a delegation led by the country's Deputy Agriculture Minister Jan-Kees Goet and Ambassador to India Marisa Gerards.
He made these remarks when Australian High Commissioner Philip Green paid a courtesy call on him at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday informed the Parliament that the Centre was promoting holistic development of horticulture through regionally differentiated programmes like the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture.
Agriculture is the traditional occupation of Indians; the Vedas allude to farming innumerable times and archaeological evidence suggests that agriculture…
The chemicals and fertilisers minister was speaking at the stakeholders Workshop on Strategy for Promotion of Alternative Nutrition to reduce dependence on Chemical Fertilizers for Soil health and Sustainability.
The trends have understandably put regional players such as Australia and New Zealand which have traditionally shepherded the Islanders’ interests, on alert.
The New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Aman Arora cautioned farmers against fake Facebook accounts and PM-KUSUM Portals created to dupe them.
