Transport Minister S.S. Sivasankar on the inauguration of a two-day National Food Processors’ Expo-cum-Roundtable in Perambalur on Thursday.
Minister for Transport S.S. Sivasankar on Thursday mentioned that worth addition to agricultural merchandise was essential to enhance the earnings of farmers and people relied on allied agriculture.
Inaugurating the two-day National Food Processors’ Expo-cum-Roundtable organised by the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) at Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College right here, he mentioned the earnings generated by farmers was not commensurate with their exhausting work and funding to lift crops. Middlemen and large corporations reaped the advantages of the exhausting work of farmers. This state of affairs must be modified. Farmers ought to take pleasure in the advantages of elevating crops. Value addition to agriculture and allied agricultural merchandise was the way in which to enhance the earnings of farmers.
Mr. Sivasankar mentioned the State authorities had been giving significance to selling agriculture and the earnings of farmers. It was to handle the issues confronted by farmers that the State authorities introduced a separate finances for agriculture yearly. Chief Minister M.Okay. Stalin had equipped the federal government equipment to advertise agriculture.
Appreciating SICCI for organising the expo, the Minister mentioned that though the federal government had been implementing many schemes for farmers, such occasions would assist disseminate the much-needed inputs on newest applied sciences in agriculture.
In his presidential deal with, SICCI president Arun Alagappan mentioned the agricultural sector confronted challenges on a number of fronts. Climate change, diminishing pure assets, and the crucial to reinforce productiveness with out compromising the surroundings have been daunting duties. Welfare of the farmers, giving them entry to markets, and efforts to encourage them to undertake fashionable technology in distant areas continued to face hurdles.
Precision farming, data-driven decision-making, and the combination of cutting-edge technology may usher in a brand new period of agriculture. SICCI members would proceed to work out methods for the inclusive growth of farmers, Mr. Alagappan mentioned.
Rafiq Ahmed, Chairman, Kothari Industrial Corporation, Arun Nehru, Managing Director, GSNR Rice Industries Pvt. Ltd., Y.V.N. Krishna Murthy, Board Member, IIT Tirupati, M.V. Subramanian, Board Member, SICCI, and several other others participated.
Over 50 stalls have been arrange on the expo. Many new applied sciences and gear proper from elevating nurseries to reap are on show.
The expo, which concludes on Friday, has attracted numerous farmers.