TNPSC Thervupettagam

Agriculture 2022- Doubling Farmers’ Income

February 18 , 2018 2474 days 1035 0
  • The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare organized a National Conference under the title of “Agriculture 2022 – Doubling Farmers’ Income” at National Agriculture Science Complex (NASC), New Delhi.
  • The Conference is being organized with a view to discuss challenges faced by the agriculture sector and chalk out a roadmap to achieve the government's target to double farmers' income by 2022.
  • The conference would focus on seven broad themes centred around farmer’s welfare and the recommendations from this conference would also be subsumed in the policy (e-NAM).
  • Seven Broad Themes:
  1. Raising crop production
  2. Reducing cultivation costs
  3. Post-harvest losses
  4. Reform of agriculture markets
  5. Adding value to farm produce via food processing
  6. Risk mitigation through crop insurance; disaster relief
  7. Promotion of allied activities such as horticulture and animal husbandry

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