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‘New farm laws hold potential for horticulture crop diversification’
February 08, 2021
Visitors click pictures in front of a flower demo plot at the National Horticulture Fair 2021 at Hesaraghatta on Monday - GRN SOMASHEKARA
Visitors click pictures in front of a flower demo plot at the National Horticulture Fair 2021 at Hesaraghatta on Monday - GRN SOMASHEKARA× The new farm laws hold a great potential for horticulture crop diversification, said AK Singh, Deputy Director General, Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR), on Monday.
Addressing the National Horticulture Fair (NHF) 2021, Singh said the farm laws will benefit the peasantry and agriculture sector as they hold a great potential for farmers to diversify their cropping system, especially with the horticulture crops.