Emphasises on adopting a holistic approach in the Indian agriculture sector
Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister while addressing the recently held Sustainable Agriculture Summit and Awards function said that the educated youth are getting attracted towards Agriculture sector and the government is continuously encouraging them through various schemes and programmes to join the Agriculture sector. He said this as the chief guest at the 2nd Sustainable Agriculture Summit & Awards organised by FICCI in New Delhi.
Emphasising on adopting a holistic approach in the Indian agriculture sector, Tomar said that there is a need to have a balanced-holistic approach in the agriculture sector, which will lead to more rapid development of agriculture. Tomar also said that in the agriculture sector, instead of focusing on only a few crops, we should have a diversified vision for all crops, including increasing production and productivity.
Explaining the importance of millets (nutritious cereals) in the Indian tradition, Tomar said that the demand and consumption of millets is increasing globally. On the initiative of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the United Nations has declared 2023 as the ‘International Year of Millets’, for which preparations are being made by the government. Prime Minister Modi wants that nutri-cereals get respect again in the food platter, as it used to get earlier.
