‘Farm to Fortune’ conclave with focus on ways for farmers to earn more income held

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Dinesh Kulkarni, National Organising Secretary of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, addressing the conclave successful  Madurai connected  Tuesday.

Dinesh Kulkarni, National Organising Secretary of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, addressing the conclave successful Madurai connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK

Agro Food Trade Centre and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh jointly organised ‘Farm to Fortune’ conclave astatine the Agro Food Trade Centre astatine Sikkandar Chavadi with absorption connected ways for the farmers to gain much income done cultivation produce, peculiarly paddy, dried chillies and jaggery.

Founder and CMD of Agro Food Trade Centre S. Rethinavelu highlighted that portion the system of the state and the State was progressing, determination was a stagnation successful the maturation of agriculture. The assemblage has to turn to supply employment opportunities to people, helium said, emphasising connected the value of probe and consciousness successful the sector.

He said a practice successful this respect would beryllium made to the State authorities to springiness peculiar attraction to the cultivation assemblage arsenic cultivation improvement and economical improvement of Tamil Nadu was not increasing astatine the aforesaid speed.

He said publication towards the State GDP was falling. Cultivable lands with irrigation facilities person not accrued implicit the years. Restoration of waterbodies should beryllium taken up immediately, helium said.

The Agro Food Trade Centre volition measurement guardant and supply cognition involution and widen a helping manus to the farmers and to assistance instrumentality them to the adjacent level to export their cultivation nutrient and marque agriculture profitable, helium said.

National Organising Secretary of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Dinesh Kulkarni said portion minimum enactment terms for crops had increased, income of farmers should besides increase. Farmers were not capable to get bully income due to the fact that the outgo of accumulation had increased. The prices of fertilisers, pesticides and different products had accrued and this successful crook led to the summation successful the outgo of production, helium said.

He said Agro Food Trade Centre and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh were moving unneurotic to assistance farmers with worth addition. Laboratory infrastructure and grading facilities were available. Farmers and traders should enactment unneurotic successful this regard, helium said.

State President of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh N.S. Parthasarathy said the plight of the farmers should not beryllium ignored by the authorities. Farmers should get the close terms and lone if they marque profit, farmers, traders and consumers volition beryllium happy, helium said.

Published - May 19, 2026 11:02 p.m. IST

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