India’s public spending on agriculture research and development is not far behind neighbouring China, Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand said Tuesday. He however expressed concern that private sector is investing in other places than in India’s agriculture Research and Development (R&D) and this need to be changed.
Chand said the food demand is set to rise with increase in population and the technology innovation will be a key driver to achieve the desired production.
He was participating in a panel discussion on the report ‘Fixing Asia’s Food System’ commissioned by Cargill India.