PPPs, innovations and tech key to farming sector
The Dollar Business Bureau Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday said that a substantial increase in productivity is the only answer to achieve food security in an efficient and sustainable manner. Speaking at the inauguration of India Seed Congress-2015 held at Agra, the Union Minister called for the adoption of appropriate technologies in the agriculture sector to overcome issues like droughts, floods, salinity, biotic and other abiotic stresses, among others. The Minister said that newer technologies like herbicide tolerance, drought tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency, and nutrition enhancement, when introduced commercially in India, will substantially increase productivity leading to greater farmer incomes and farmer well-being. The Union Minister further called for the active role of PPPs in introducing ...
