Govt assisting, encouraging farmers to take agriculture on a new path: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reiterated his government's commitment to support farmers in exploring new avenues in agriculture. Addressing an event in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, the prime minister emphasized the importance of working towards a common goal of having Indian food products on dining tables across the globe.
His remarks came amid a protest by a section of farmers over their various demands such as a legal guarantee for minimum support price for crops.
«We are assisting and encouraging farmers to take our country's agriculture on a new path,» he said.
He emphasised the focus on natural farming and millets. «This is the right time for investment in superfoods like millets,» he said.
He cited the emergence of large-scale natural farming along the banks of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, which not only benefits farmers but also helps preserve the purity of sacred rivers.
The prime minister appealed to food processing entrepreneurs to prioritise the mantra of "zero effect, zero defect" in their endeavours.
He highlighted the success stories of products such as Siddharth Nagar's kalanamak rice and Chandauli's black rice, which are now being exported in significant quantities, and pitched for collective efforts to take Indian food items to people across the world.
The prime minister encouraged entrepreneurs to form partnerships with farmers, underscoring the government's efforts in empowering small-scale farmers through farmer producer organisations and cooperative societies, which present
