Government has launched long-term measures including those to target integration of economically important genes for crop yield improvement.
Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Kumar Balyan said in the Lok Sabha that the government has initiated long term measures through sequencing of genomes of important plants and microbes, targeted integration of economically important genes for crop yield improvement genomics and bio-fortification for qualitative and quantitative improvement in food crops.
Responding to a supplementary during Question Hour, he said the recent 12th Agriculture Science Congress had discussed several important issues threadbare, including linking of small farmers with the market and creating markets and cold storage for them.
"Mechanisation and post-harvest technologies for small farmers, saving post-harvest losses, agri-processing, intensification of live stock production for small holder and landless farmers, increasing artificial insemination coverage and nutritional access to animals, extending veterinary services to farmers and backyard poultry production system were discussed in the Congress," Mr Balyan said.
AAP To Fight Haryana Polls Solo, Will Contest All 90 Assembly Seats BJP Accuses Congress Of Inciting Violence Against PM Modi With 'Maut' And 'Hinsa' Remarks On Camera, Jagan Reddy's Party Member Hacked To Death On Busy Andhra Road Windows Computers Lead To 'Blue Screen Of Death' Due To CrowdStrike Error In 1st Statement After Outage, CrowdStrike CEO Says... Massive Worldwide Microsoft Outage: Flights, Markets, Stock Exchange Down 10 Additional Delhi, Bombay High Court Judges Made Permanent Law Will Take Its Course: Puja Khedkar Breaks Silence On Allegations "Atmanirbharta" Cannot Be At Cost Of Nation's Defence: Air Force Vice Chief Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.