Farmers’ Welfare is an integral part of New India: Radha Mohan Singh
Thursday - January 31, 2019 5:08 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi Jan 31 (WTN) Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh, said that in the "Sabka Sath - Sabka Vikas" mantra of PM Modi, Farmers’ Welfare is an integral part of New India. Under this, a number of strategic initiatives have been taken to accelerate the progress of agriculture and to transform the farm sector. Various initiatives have been taken by the Agriculture Universities and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for technology enhancement in agriculture sector. He was addressing the conference of Vice Chancellors of State Agriculture Universities and Directors of ICAR institutes in Pusa, New Delhi,
He said that Government’s "Soil Health Card" initiative and has developed a mini Lab "Mridaparikshak" for soil testing. For problems related to climate change, 45 Integrated Farming System Models (IFS) have been created by including all the 15 agro-climatic regions to benefit small and marginal farmers.
Singh also said that on the lines of ICAR’s leading institute IARI-Pusa, IARI-Assam is being established and IARI-Jharkhand has been established. 6 new colleges have been opened under Central Agricultural University (CAU), Imphal and Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IIAB) has been established in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
He informed that various policy initiatives taken by the government in the last four and a half years have resulted in record production of food grains and horticulture crops in the country in the current year.
A new program 'Mera Gaon – Mera Gaurav' was initiated by Government to establish the reach of science to the farmers. Under this program, 5 villages are adopted by a group of 4 scientists and farmers are provided with agricultural advice and information.
He said that Government has further strengthened the Lab to Land program in order to make research and techniques accessible at farmers' field and it is also being implemented at the level of Lab to Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs to Farmers. In order to increase employment opportunities in agriculture, ICAR has been supporting more than 150 Agri Start-Ups and these start-ups are progressing successfully.
Source-PIB
