Agro profession will be made commercial, dignified: Prez Bhandari

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said the agriculture profession should be systematic, commercial and dignified. She urged the bodies concerned to fulfil the goal of developing agriculture as an industry by increasing productivity. At an interaction organised at Sheetal Niwas on Wednesday on the occasion of National Paddy Day, President Bhandari mentioned that on one hand there is a challenge before us to reduce trade deficit of the country due to the increasing import of foodstuffs while there is a responsibility to ensure food security, nutrient-rich food and healthy life for all the citizens of the country. "We can face this challenge only from the hard work of the farmers. It is relevant to hold meaningful discussion on the issue of country's overall agro system, situation of food security, increase in productivity, profession-based on agriculture and resolving problems of farmers", she opined. The President also expressed the view that maize, wheat, millet as well as indigenous crops could be promoted by diversifying the crops to reduce our dependence on paddy and rice. She stressed that the government should take initiatives to construct basic infrastructures like roads to take agro-products up to markets, irrigation facilities and agro machinery. [caption id="attachment_25721" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Officers of agriculture-related bodies, agro experts and office-bearers of Madan Bhandari Foundation take part in a discussion related to agriculture organised in presence of President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Mahendra Rai Yadav, at the Office of the President in Shital Niwas, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Photo: RSS[/caption] President Bhandari stressed the need for establishing and operating agro-industries based on tea, cardamom, ginger, cotton, sugarcane farming as farmers can get the economic benefit immediately from this cultivation, adding the three-tier government should play a role to utilise all the barren land. Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Mahendra Rai Yadav, officers of agriculture-related bodies, agro experts and office-bearers of Madan Bhandari Foundation were present on the occasion. By RSS READ ALSO:

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