Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri. Radha Mohan Singh at ICAR RC for NEH Region Umiam, Meghalaya.
Shri Radha Mohan Singh Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, along with Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan Hon’ble MOS, Agriculture, GOI & Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya Hon’ble MOS, Agriculture, GOI visited ICAR RC for NEH Region on 15th February, 2016. Shri Radha Mohan Singh mourned that farmers in the country continue to be in the same position even after 68 years of independence.
Addressing a function here after inaugurating the academic building of the College of Post Graduate Studies, Central Agricultural University (CAU), Umiam, Singh said, “The Prime Minister had made it very clear that India cannot be developed without the North East getting developed.”
He observed that population in the country is increasing but farming land will not increase. “With the use of new technologies, we can at least increase the production,” he added.
According to the minister, the Union government is keen to finish the process of distributing soil health card to ensure that the soil is not damaged.
He also said that most of the North-eastern states are now promoting organic farming which is good even as he added that the use of chemical fertilizers should be minimized if it cannot be stopped completely.The minister during his visit to ICAR also inaugurated the Advance Research Facility under National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) Project, Central Research Laboratory of ICAR Research Complex NEH Region, Umiam.
He also held interactions with the farmers and visited the research farms of the Institute, besides participating in a consultative meeting.
Claiming that the North East had tremendous potential for development of the horticulture sector, the minister spoke on the need to ensure focused attention for harnessing available potential through scaling up ongoing interventions under various schemes.
