Agriculture minister, on Wednesday, urged Indian Council on Agricultural Research (ICAR) to make farm sector more job oriented with the help of new education policy.
“ICAR through research and innovation should try to make agriculture sector attractive enough to woo young talent. Efforts under the new education policy will empower farmers and enhance their income,” said Tomar, while addressing the 92nd annual general meeting of ICAR.
He said that the country has been able to produce record food grains and with technology driven farming, farmers will be able to double their incomes by 2022.
“Hard work of farmers and latest technologies developed by the agricultural scientists have helped the country to achieve an important place in milk production and fisheries sector at the global level,” he said.
Meanwhile, speaking at a panel discussion on Unlocking Innovation to Transform Food Systems during the World Economic Forum s week-long online Davos Agenda Summit, Tomar said that the government was committed to provide nutritious food to people of the country.
“Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), the government provides subsidies food grains to 81 crore people in the country. Apart from that, government runs various other schemes to ensure proper nutrition to children, women and people of weaker section. We have also launched National Nutrition Mission,” he said.
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Source: The Economic Times