Agri-summit of top 100 stakeholders in Haryana

The Haryana Government will orgnise  an Agri-Summit of top 100 stakeholders to make direct dialogue with farmers, agricultural scientists, public representatives and officers at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar on February 23.

An official statement said this is a part of the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the income of farmers’ by 2022. 

Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Om Prakash Dhankar said that present Government has taken many initiatives to make agriculture risk-free and to ensure welfare of farmers as well. The Government had recently taken yet another significant decision to set up Haryana Kisan Kalyan Pradhikaran in the interest of farming community. This would work to do away with physical, financial and psychological pressure on farmers and landless labourers.

Dhankar said besides entrepreneurial farmers, officers and public representatives interested in farming, he himself would participate in the summit. Three sessions will be organised in the summit including deliberation on how to double the income of farmers, management of crop residue and an open session stakeholders.

He said that issues of crop diversification, machinery in climate smart agriculture, food processing, animal health and products, depleting ground water, transgenic crop, e-agriculture, management of crop residue, soil health, fertilizers would be discussed.