Haryana Government has geared up to hold conference of World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) at Gurugram from October 10 to 12 this year.
This was stated by Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, OP Dhankar while presiding over a review meeting in this regard with officers of the Department and Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB), here on Wednesday.
He said, “With a view to realizing the vision of PM Modi of doubling the farmers’ income by 2022, the State Government has encouraged the farmers to diversify their crops from traditional farming to peri urban-agriculture.”
After organising three consecutive Krishi Shikhar Sammelans in the state to make farmers learn the work tactics of the market, now the WUWM will be organized, he said.
Dhankar said that this would be first conference of WUWM in India and Haryana has got this opportunity to host the conference. Representatives of 49 countries were expected to participate in this conference.
The conference would be inaugurated by Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh and Union Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj would be present at the concluding ceremony. Apart from this, Agriculture Ministers of all states, chairpersons of Agricultural Marketing Boards and officers would also be invited for this conference, Dhankar said.