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India becomes net exporter of agriculture commodities: Agriculture Minister
Dec-19-2018

Highlighting the country’s tremendous progress in agriculture, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has said that India has achieved food security and become a net exporter of agriculture commodities.

The Agriculture Minister listed the various series of focused programmes introduced by the government to double farmers’ income by 2022, such as Soil Health Card, organic farming, crop insurance, irrigation, e-NAM and focus on strengthening post-harvest management so as to ensure better returns to the farmers.

Besides, Radha Mohan called for extending cooperation between India and Turkey through greater interaction among government agricultural institutions, experts, scientists and agro business. He also urged both sides to prioritize the sectors for cooperation and also identify nodal officers so that progress can be made on the MoU signed between the two countries.

Meanwhile, the MoU was signed between India and Turkey based on which the 1st Meeting of the Steering Committee was held in India in 2010. A Work Plan had also been prepared.

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