The Andhra Pradesh government
is going to promote organic farming to make agriculture more profitable,
Minister for Agriculture Prathipati Pulla Rao has said.
The Minister
inaugurated the three-day ‘Agri & Dairy Tech Andhra 2016’, an international
exhibition and conference on Agriculture and Diary Farming at the A Convention
Centre here on Thursday.
The Minister
urged farmers to benefit from the interaction with scientists and experts to
benefit from advances in technology. He said farmers should use technology to
make agriculture and dairy more cost-effective and therefore more
cost-effective.
Organiser of the
three-day exhibition-cum-conference Kenes Exhibition general manager Prema
Zilberman said the meet was an opportunity to international and domestic
stake-holders of every segment of agriculture, dairy and allied activities to
expand and diversify their business in India.
She said farmers
would be trained and given access to integrated solutions to improve
productivity and simplify farming at the three-day technology and trade fair.
Agri-service
providers would be offered an opportunity to showcase and market their
products, techniques and technologies to delegates.
With Andhra
Pradesh government taking an initiative to promote agriculture, food processing
and the dairy sector, Kenes came forward to organise the conference, she said.
Professors of Animal Husbandry
E. Raghava Rao, V. Vaikunta Rao, professor of Dairy farming G. Venkateswarlu,
organic farmers M.C.V. Prasad , B. Eswar and P. Malakondaiah were on the dais.