No country can progress if its farmers are not adequately respected and rewarded, observed Governor R.N. Ravi here on Saturday.
Speaking at a banana stakeholders meet at the ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana at Thayanur on the outskirts of Tiruchi, Mr. Ravi said the nation was grateful to its farmers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was concerned about the welfare of farmers, who were the backbone of the country, and he was discussing ways to improve their economic situation.
Farmers faced problems and a lot had to be done to improve their situation. One of the major problems faced by them, as highlighted by a progressive farmer at the meeting, was market linkage. “There is a big difference in price that the farmers get for their produce and the price of the final processed product sold in the market. The farmers get only a fraction. To this extent, farmers were at a disadvantage.
