A National Workshop organized on Indian Green Agricultural Project was inaugurated on Thursday in Delhi by Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh. Singh dwelt at length on challenges being faced by Indian agricultural sector.
Speaking on the occasion Singh said in spite of challenges, Modi Government has resolved to double the incomes of farmers within a span of five years trigging a great responsibility on govt’s shoulders. However, the govt is working in a fast track in this direction.
The organization of this green workshop was carried out under the joint efforts of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change as well as Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Among the dignitaries presents in this workshop were Secreatary, DAC& FW, Shri S.K. Pattanayak, DG, ICAR and Secretary DARE, Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Joint Secretary, DAC&FW, Shri R.B. Sinha and Indian representatives of United Nations’s, Food and Agriculture Organization Dr. Shyam Khadka.
The fifth national report submitted in Bio-Diversification Summit by India indicates that there is an acute pressure on the productivity potential of land in various pockets of the country due to the extension in the area of agriculture and continuous use of the land. This pressure owes its existence particularly due to deforestation, disintegration of forest areas, eradication of wet land and conversion of meadows into agricultural sector.
Union Minister said that the Government of India has resolved to sort out these problems and has chalked out a number of schemes viz. climate smart agriculture, sustainable land use and management, bio-production, use of local and traditional knowledge along with the agriculture bio diversification conservation.
It is pertinent to note that the Secretaries of the Departments concerned, top brass of the Centre and State Governments, Non Government Organizations and enlightened farmers of different states as well as the representatives of various organizations participated in this workshop.