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Bring benefits of changes in food trade to farmers: Kovind
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SME Times News Bureau | 12 Feb, 2018
President Ram Nath Kovind said on Saturday that global food trade has
undergone revolutionary changes and that benefits this have to be
brought to the farmers and the agriculture sector.
Addressing
first convocation of the National Institute of Food Technology
Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) in Sonepat, nearly 200 km from
here, the President said: "Our determined and committed farmers have
produced food for our country and they have it in them to produce for
the world.
"In the services sector, India has taken advantage of
its enormous human talent and lower cost structures to build world-class
industries. There is no reason why we cannot replicate this in
agriculture and in food and agro-based industries."
"Indian farm
products -- whether rice, milk, fruits and vegetables, or even chillies
-- can flood supermarkets and feed households across the globe. This can
help us create numerous employment opportunities for our young people,
in cold storages and in preservation, in food processing and along the
food supply chain." Kovind pointed out.
The President said as a
society, and as a people, we are obligated to make life better for our
farmers and free them from the fickleness of nature and weather
patterns. He said that farmers need to be protected from the
unpredictability of demand and supply.
"Use of science and
technology along the food chain is vital to these programmes. And this
is where institutions such as NIFTEM and those who graduate from here
will play a vital role," he added.
The President said as social
habits had changed and as nuclear families emerged in larger numbers,
especially in cities, demand for packaged and ready-to-eat food products
was rising in India.
"The challenge is to maintain quality,
safety and labelling standards for food and ingredients that are up to
global benchmarks. Steps should be taken to ensure that packaged foods
promote both convenience and health. And that they keep alive the
nutritious grains and traditional food items that can be found in every
state of India.
"It is for the food industry to innovate and find
easy-to-use solutions to the epidemic of lifestyle diseases in our
country," Kovind added.
"We have to do all this while being
conscious of building our own brands, especially for traditional and
nutritive food items that have been the pride of India for centuries and
can reach far greater consumers at home and abroad," he said.
Kovind
awarded degrees to to the toppers. Degrees were presented to 540
students who completed their graduation and post graduation.
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