Jharkhand to be the first state where farmers income to increase four fold by 2022: Raghubar Das

Lady's finger from Jharkhand to be sold in China
MoU with Israel to set up center of Excellence in Jharkhand
Patanjali to buy all organic produce from Jharkhand

Ranchi,: Buoyed by response of the foreign delegates and the participating nations coupled with the enthusiasm shown by the more than 10,000 farmers who attended the two day Global Agriculture and Food Summit at the Khelgaon here Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that Jharkhand will be first state in the country where the income of the farmers will increase four times by the year 2022.
Addressing a press conference at the end of the two day mega event he said it was due to the hardwork of the farmers of the state due to which the agriculture growth rate which was minus 4.5 per cent in the year 2013-14 has witnessed a jump of 19 per cent and presently stood around more than 14 per cent. He said that the result was also an indication of the policies and the programmes which have been launched by the state government for the welfare of the farmers and improving their economic conditions.
He said that the Global Agriculture Summit provided the right platform where farmers came to know about the modern practices and latest technologies in the agricultural field and gained experience as to how with less investment they can further maximize their yield. He said that the farmers should only worry about increasing their farm output as the task of the marketing and processing would be taken care by the state government. Mr Das said during the two day function foundation was also laid for 50 food processing units.
Pointing the key gains for Jharkhand he said that soon an agreement would be inked between China and Jharkhand so that the Lady’s finger from the state is sold in that country as talks in this regard have been held with the agriculture officials of that nation. Moreover China would also send a team to study the possibility to set up a food processing plant in the state.
Further the government will also ink technology exchange agreement with Morocco so that the farmers of Jharkhand can gain expertise from their green Morocco plan. Apart from that a centre for excellence would be set up in collaboration with Israel for training of the farmers and in few days a letter in this regard would be written to the Central government, Mr Das said.
The Chief Minister said that Patanjali of Baba Ramdev has already assured that whatever organic products will be produced in the state including food grains, fruits and vegetables and honey would be purchased by them. He said that soon an MoU will also be inked with Patanjali so that a honey processing plant can be set up in the state.
Those who were present on the occasion also included Yog Guru Baba Ramdev, Agriculture Minister Randhir Singh, Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sunil Barnwal, Agriculture Secretary Pooja Singhal and others.

Contribution of farmers and workers must in development of nation-- Raghubar Das

crop insurance premium for 2019 to be paid by government

Ranchi  : Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said that in the development of the nation the contribution of the villages poor farmers and workers is a must for the development of state and nation.

Addressing the Global Agriculture and Food Summit at the Khelgaon here he agriculture was the soul of the nation and base of the culture and traditions. He said that infact all our festivals are also directly and indirectly related to the agriculture. Mr Das said that in Jharkhand 60-70 per cent population was agriculture. He said that the state government has sanctioned sufficient funds for the develoment of agriculture and allied activities and framed a separate food processing policy which is focused on bottling and packaging as food processing was an important link between the farmers and urban customers.

  Raghubar Das said that during the function online foundation has been laid for 50 food processing companies which will creatr employment for the youth and even the farmers would get right cost of their products.

Mr Das said that in the year 2013-14 the agriculture growth rate was minus 4.5 per cent which has turned into a positive growth of 14 percent which was mainly due to the hardwork of the farmers of the state.

 Mr Das said that the picture of the villages did not change in the last 67 years and it was only when Prime Minister Narendra Modi that steps were taken to improve the condition of the farmers and a target was set to double their incomes. He said that Jharkhand was getting the benefit of double engine. He suggested that farmers should try to earn one third of income should come from agriculture another one third from animal husbandry and another one third from horticulture floriculture and solar farming. He said that farmers should do solar farming on barren land and the same would be procured by the state government through grid at Re 3 per unit.
  He said that it is priority for the state government to ensure that the farmers are not looted by the middlemen. He said that 28 lakh farmers in the state would be given mobile phones from 2019-21 while in 2019 the premium of crop insurance would be paid by state governnment similar to what was done in the year 2018. To the farmers he said that those who would be paying their loans within one year from them zero percent interest would be taken.

The Chief Minister said power would reach in all homes by 2018 and by May 2019 separate feeders would be set for agriculture so that farmers can get power for six hours for agriculture works while separate feeders would be provided for house hold and industrial usages. Mr Dad said by August 2019 power would be available in the rural areas 24 x 7. He said that since the people were living in the era of globalisation therefore the farmers should use modern technology and asked the farmers to focus on dairy production to bring White revolution by 2022 in the state and said that every year 100 farmers would be sent abroad. He also asked the farmers to focus on organic farming as all these steps would lead to doubling the income of the farmers by 2022.

Global agriculture and food summit 2018 has been organized in Khelgaon.

Ranchi. First session was on ‘Agricultural equipment- The need of the hour’, which had delegation from China to brief the session. Session started with the address of Dr. Song Juguo, Deputy Director General, Ministry of agriculture and rural development, China. He talked about the trade policy of China and significance of agriculture in its export oriented economy. India and China are agriculture based country and it is the key sector in which both countries can cooperate and develop relation. He said that the business policy of India and China has improved significantly.
Mr. Zhao Xialolei from Ya pear brothers said that pear is the main exported fruit of China. Although they have different variety of it but Early Su Pear is more significantly exported to India. China produce, package and export different variety of pear to different nations which include USA, Canada, Australia, Maxico, Europe, Sri lanka and Middle East etc. The company is exploring different dimension of this sector since 1999.
Mr. Pan Dehui is indulge in the production and sales of apple since 2011 said that their company is the top production and export company of apples. He said that china consumes largest production of apples and exports only 3 percent of their produce. He also invited India to visit China and said that Indian are highly welcome to visit and learn the produce and packaging.
Wang Menjioa from fruit and vegetable foodstuff co. ltd said that Chinese apple industry is sunrise industry and produce apples of various varieties. She shared her personal trivia and said that after graduating from USA she decided to help her father in business and returned China. She informed that they share Cooperative Model for standardization, Trace ability system for quality and safety and various means for improvisation.
She concluded the session with thanks. All the delegates from China were presented with memento.