SME Times News Bureau | 27 May, 2017
Farmers should not follow the
sheep mentality of going with the same crop trend which has done well in
a particular period but should anticipate the market for their produce,
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs C.R. Chaudhary said on Friday.
Addressing
the valedictory session of the Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) in
Kota, the Minister said that knowing the forthcoming agri-trends in the
market will not only get them the right price but also will prove to be
a deterrent for the losses they suffer.
Chaudhary said that Kota
division was most appropriate for organising first of the divisional
GRAMs as it has 50 per cent of the assured irrigated land as compared to
the 30 per cent of the entire state.
Rajasthan Agriculture
Minister Prabhu Lal Saini said that over a period of three days, over
40,000 farmers participated in the meet exceeding the expectations of
the government.
He said that Rajasthan had taken initiative to
grow many international varieties of crops like quinoa, olive and dragon
fruit. He added that pearl, green tea as well as drum stick cultivation
was also going to begin in the state.
On the final day, an MoU
worth Rs 112.5 crore was signed for setting up a project for manufacture
of high quality soy proteins. 21 MoUs worth over Rs 955 crore were
signed on Thursday.
The three-day GRAM meet was jointly organised
by the Rajasthan government and the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (Ficci).