State Agriculture Deptt team attends national workshop on Rainfed/Dryland farming

GANGTOK, 24 Feb: Minister for Agriculture and Horticulture, DN Thakarpa and Secretary, Vishal Chauhan, Additional Directors. SL. Dorjee and Dr. Yashoda Pradhan attended a workshop on "Policy Initiatives for Promoting Partnership between Stakeholders in Agriculture with particular reference to Rainfed/Dryland Farming" at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 15 February, informs a press release.
The workshop was inaugurated by Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh. The inaugural session was addressed by the Union Minister of Finance, Pranab Mukherjee, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Sharad Pawar and the Governor of Punjab and Rajasthan and the Chairman of the Committee of Governors, Shivraj Patil.
Addressing the workshop, the President Pratibha Patil said that the workshop is an attempt for convergence of the activities of all the stakeholders for various aspects for enhancing the agriculture production and ensuring the food security in the country, the release informs.
After the inaugural session, there was technical session on different topics like policy initiatives to remove factors impeding raid growth in rainfed/ dryland farming, knowledge management for sustainable agriculture, Farmers-Industry Partnership and Farmers organizations.
The workshop was widely represented by Governors of the different States, Chief Ministers, Ministers, Bureaucrats, Agriculture Scientists, Officials of State Agriculture Department, Krishi Vigyan Kendras and Farmers representatives, the release adds.