Villages should not be seen as mere 'factories supplying food to cities': VP Naidu
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Updated: Jul 12, 2021 06:47 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that providing better prices for agricultural produce and timely, affordable credit to farmers is crucial to sustaining agriculture in the country.
Citing a UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report about an impending global food crisis, he said that if we provide timely assistance to our farmers, India would not only remain self-sufficient but also feed the world in the years to come.
Praising farmers for increased food grain production last year despite the severe hardship caused by the pandemic, Naidu said there was a need to focus on increasing the storage capacities, remove restrictions on crop transportation and encourage food processing to make agriculture more remunerative.