Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, urged the entrepreneurs to double their exports by sending our value-added products to customers not only to local market but worldwide markets
She was inaugurating the World Coconut Day 2023 organised at ICAR-CPCRI Kasaragod on Saturday. The Minister called upon to utilise the Government schemes such as PM Fasal Bhima Yojana, Agricultural Innovation Fund, and other schemes to improve production, value addition and export oriented trade. District-wise custom hiring centres have started all over the country, she said.
Minister cautioned the farmers against fake seeds everywhere. She welcomed the ICAR-CPCRI initiative on quality assured QR coded seedlings, which can help tracing the seedling details.
