Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that in order to increase income of the farmers, value addition of agriculture produces should be done at the local level. Prepare young entrepreneurs from among the young farmers in the field of food processing. Chouhan was speaking at the inaugural session of a ‘Yuva Kisan Udyami’ workshop here on Tuesday.
Chouhan stated that this workshop is a creative initiative of Kisan Sangh. Agriculture growth rate is above 20 per cent since last four years in Madhya Pradesh. Roadmap has been made to make the farmers’ income double now. More and more employment can be generated through small and cottage industry based on agriculture. Agriculture should be linked with the activities of organic farming, horticulture, animal husbandry and fisheries.
There can be multi dimensional utilisation of agriculture produces. Better marketing arrangements will be made for agriculture produces to enable farmers to get reasonable rates. Moreover bio certification system will be simplified, he added.
National General Secretary of Bhartiya Kisan Sangh Dinesh Kulkarni said that foundation of healthy life can be laid from the employment oriented village. In order to create employment in villages, protection should be provided to the farmers in food processing industry. Self dependent villages can prosper. Regional General Secretary Shivkant Dixit while informing about the subject of the workshop said that various schemes of agriculture should be reviewed. Organic farming should be doen. Better marketing arrangements should be made for bio-organic products. National Vice President of Bhartiya Kisan Sangh Prabhakar Kelkar, State General Secretary Rajendra Paliwal, National Organising Secretary Gajendra Singh and Young Farmers of the state were present in the workshop.