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New Delhi: International Small Grains Seminar started yesterday in Delhi. The two-day seminar was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Then Prime Minister Modi released the commemorative stamp and commemorative coin and said:
Accepting India’s request, the UN declared 2023 as the International Year of Small Grains. Council announced. This is a great honor for our country. India continues to take various steps to promote the use of small grains internationally.
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Small grain crops are easy to grow in adverse climates, without chemicals and fertilizers. 2.5 crore small and marginal farmers in the country will benefit from the Small Grains Scheme of the Government of India.
Small grains now account for just 5 to 6 percent of our country’s diet. I request scientists and agronomists to work urgently to increase this share. We need to set an achievable goal. Small grains can help overcome challenges in food security and dietary habits.
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The government has introduced a production-based incentive scheme in the food processing sector. Taking advantage of this, the concerned companies should increase the production of food products based on small grains. He said this.
About 170 lakh tonnes of small grains are produced in India annually. It is noteworthy that this is 20 percent of the world small grain production and 80 percent in Asia.
Prime Minister Modi fell at the feet of Padmasree Pappammal Bhatti, a 107-year-old organic farmer from Thekambatti village of Coimbatore, who attended the conference.
