New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Director General Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Dr. S. Ayyappan has called for Public-Private Partnership in farm research.
Inaugurating a national seminar on strategic pesticides use to enhance agricultural production and food security here, Dr. Ayyappan said that entrepreneurship and skill development programmes have been accorded high priority to catalyze commercialization of technologies on a larger scale, which has immense role for private sector.
He also called for greater Public Private Partnership to gain the synergy of each other's strengths and take agricultural technologies to the doorsteps of the farmers across the country.
He said, ICAR and private sector can play an important role to ensure timely availability of quality inputs, including pesticides and to educate farmers and agriculture input dealers on judicious use of pesticides
It also emerged from discussions in the seminar that small and marginal farmers and those located in far-flung areas can be reached out with improved agriculture technology only through PPP.
It was highlighted that around 20-30 per cent losses to food grains production are being caused by insects, pests, diseases and weeds and in monetary terms this comes to around Rs. 2.5 lakh crore per annum.
Former Agriculture Secretary, JNL Srivastava, Co-Chairman CII, Salil Singhal, and President, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd Dr. OP Singh also addressed the seminar.
Over 300 delegates including scientists, senior officials, farmers and pesticide dealers across the country participated in the seminar. (ANI)
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