Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Food Technology
Entrepreneurship and Management, Dr. Ajit Kumar on Tuesday pitched for
corporatization of farming sector to integrate agriculture and farmers with
prosperity and well being as this could be the single Mantra to double the
farmers’ income as is being intended by the government of the day under Prime
Minister Mr. Modi.
He also recommended that close to a lakh of Indian
traditional dishes across the country should be standardized for its quality
and hygienic values to make them globally popular as the National institute of
food technology entrepreneurship and management has already identified thirteen
such dishes for which equipment and tools will be put in place for their wider
commercial circulation.
Addressing an International Food Innovation 2016 :
Doubling Farmers Income Through Science, Technology and Innovation organized by
the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here today. Dr. Kumar said that privatization of
agriculture was not the solution for doubling farmers’ income as the experiment
has hardly yielded the desired results.
“What ought to be experiment in the modern times is
encouragement for corporatization of Indian agriculture as the government
cannot be expected to alone explore the unexplored and un-negotiated
territories and patches including landscapes of Indian agriculture with its own
investments and technological tools. Therefore, corporatization could be an
answer to serve this un-chartered territory to bring in prosperity among
farmers and farming community by leasing out their land to corporates as with
their investments, the Indian agriculture could see better days”, said Dr.
Kumar.
According to him, the another strategy that could follow
for betterment of farmers should be to equip all the villages with primary and
secondary food storages in which their farm produce could be stored and farmers
are equipped and linked with such facilities for gaining in higher returns for
their produce.
Speaking on the occasion, Principal Secretary, Industries
& Commerce, New & Renewable Energy & CEO, Invest Punjab, Mr.
Anirudh Tewari also endorsed the views expressed by Dr. Ajit Kumar adding that
Punjab is the attracting hub for industries that wish to explore its
agriculture sector as the State provide for more than 14% of incentives in
terms of infrastructure to such investors as compared to other parts of the
country.
Among others who spoke on the occasion comprised
Agricultural Counsellor-India & Sri Lanka, Embassy of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, Mr. Wouter Verhey; CEO & Founder, Global Mindset, Australia,
Mr. Pradeep Khanna; Chairman, Innovation Committee, PHD Chamber, Mr. Deepak
Pahwa; Chairman, International Affairs Committee on Middle East, PHD Chamber,
Mr. V K Mishra and Sr. Secretary, PHD Chamber, Dr. Jatinder Singh.
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