Indian minister calls for reduced imports, promotes natural farming to strengthen India's food production.

Indian Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged reducing import reliance and promoted natural farming to boost India's role as a global food producer. He highlighted new storage and transportation initiatives, a river-linking project for water management, and credit schemes to aid farmers. Chouhan emphasized the sector's 18% contribution to GDP and the government's efforts to enhance farmer benefits and agricultural sustainability.

December 23, 2024
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