NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday mentioned there was a time when India’s meals safety was a world concern whereas at this time the nation is offering options for international meals and vitamin safety. He mentioned agriculture is the core of the nation’s financial coverage and small farmers are the largest power of India’s meals safety.
Addressing the thirty second Worldwide Convention of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Modi mentioned India, being a meals surplus nation at this time, is dedicated to international welfare as a ‘Vishwa Bandhu’, noting that the nation’s imaginative and prescient for international welfare was put ahead on varied fora together with ‘One Earth, One Household and One Future’ (at G20), ‘Mission LiFE’, and ‘One Earth, One Well being’.
The theme for this yr’s ICAE is “Transformation In the direction of Sustainable Agri-Meals Techniques” to advertise sustainable agriculture within the face of world challenges reminiscent of local weather change, pure useful resource degradation, rising manufacturing prices and conflicts. The six-day convention is being held in India after 65 years. Over 1,000 delegates from 75 nations are collaborating within the convention.
Referring to ‘Krishi Parashar’, an nearly 2,000-year-old treatise on agriculture based mostly on India’s wealthy heritage, Modi emphasised the longevity of historic native beliefs and experiences about agriculture and meals. He additionally famous the precedence given to science and logic in Indian agriculture custom.
Modi additionally highlighted authorities’s emphasis on analysis and improvement associated to climate-resilient crops, saying almost 1,900 new climate-resilient varieties have been handed to the farmers within the final 10 years.
He gave examples of rice varieties in India that require 25 per cent much less water than conventional varieties and the emergence of black rice as a superfood.
“Black rice from Manipur, Assam and Meghalaya is most popular selection on account of its medicinal worth”, he mentioned, including that India is keen to share its associated experiences with the world neighborhood.
Addressing the thirty second Worldwide Convention of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), Modi mentioned India, being a meals surplus nation at this time, is dedicated to international welfare as a ‘Vishwa Bandhu’, noting that the nation’s imaginative and prescient for international welfare was put ahead on varied fora together with ‘One Earth, One Household and One Future’ (at G20), ‘Mission LiFE’, and ‘One Earth, One Well being’.
The theme for this yr’s ICAE is “Transformation In the direction of Sustainable Agri-Meals Techniques” to advertise sustainable agriculture within the face of world challenges reminiscent of local weather change, pure useful resource degradation, rising manufacturing prices and conflicts. The six-day convention is being held in India after 65 years. Over 1,000 delegates from 75 nations are collaborating within the convention.
Referring to ‘Krishi Parashar’, an nearly 2,000-year-old treatise on agriculture based mostly on India’s wealthy heritage, Modi emphasised the longevity of historic native beliefs and experiences about agriculture and meals. He additionally famous the precedence given to science and logic in Indian agriculture custom.
Modi additionally highlighted authorities’s emphasis on analysis and improvement associated to climate-resilient crops, saying almost 1,900 new climate-resilient varieties have been handed to the farmers within the final 10 years.
He gave examples of rice varieties in India that require 25 per cent much less water than conventional varieties and the emergence of black rice as a superfood.
“Black rice from Manipur, Assam and Meghalaya is most popular selection on account of its medicinal worth”, he mentioned, including that India is keen to share its associated experiences with the world neighborhood.
