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Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet aims at doubling farmers' income by 2022
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Tuesday, 26 July, 2016, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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fiogf49gjkf0d A road show, first in the series of awareness activities on ‘Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet’ (GRAM) 2016, was organised by the Government of Rajasthan, here on Monday. The agritech meet, to be held in Jaipur from November 9 to 11, 2016, aims at doubling farmers' income by the year 2022 and ensuring the economic empowerment of farmers through accelerated yet sustainable growth in agriculture.
The meet, to be jointly organised by Government of Rajasthan and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), will be an attempt to make the farmer and the farm sector to move up in the value chain, attract agri businesses, processing, and packaging industries in the agri and allied sectors.
Addressing the conference, Prabhu Lal Singh, minister of agriculture of Rajasthan, said, "Agriculture is not a new topic to discuss. In this competitive world, we need to work hard to increase the produce and make India represent as number one in the world in agricultural sector. Through GRAM, we like to change challenges into opportunities. Rajasthan with 10 agro-climatic zones is still being strong performer in agriculture. Thus we need to focus on safe, quality improvement, nutritional value, optimum use of water and value-added product to boost the farmer's life."
Speaking on the GRAM and different policies and subsidies, Neelkamal Darbari, principal secretary, agriculture and horticulture, Government of Rajasthan, informed, "The objective of the roadshow is to showcase investment opportunities in agribusiness and allied sector in Rajasthan and position the state as a preferred investment destination. Rajasthan has well developed road and network connectivity with 70% dependent on agriculture. Apart from having lot of land available it has also good export potential. Government has planned various policy advances by giving 50% exemption in payment of Mandi fee and 100% exemption in land conversion charges."
She added, "Subsidies facilities will be available to different people associated like post-harvest crop management, research and development, subsidies on export of spices, cattle, poultry and fish feed and units with Rs 25 lakh turn up. To ease up the business, we have started with online registration of MSMEs."
GRAM will bring investors from across the globe to tap the scope and potential of doing business with representatives from the Netherlands, Israel, Australia and Canada. The meet is expected to be attended by 50,000 farmers.
The meet will provide a common platform for bringing together everyone involved in the full value chain of agricultural ecosystems. For example, farmers will be taught various techniques that will help them to earn more yields and educate on the methods of drip irrigation which will help them to overcome drought situation.
Meanwhile, others present at the conference included Shilpa Divekar Nirula, chairman, FICCI; Mukal Varshney, VP and director, corporate affairs, John Deere India Pvt. Ltd; and V P Singh, director of horticulture, Government of Rajasthan.
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