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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Saturday (September 27, 2025) said Tamil Nadu was emerging arsenic a pioneering State successful agriculture.
“We person been functioning arsenic a authorities that listens to farmers’ views and preferences. Across Tamil Nadu, consultations were held, and based connected them, we announced schemes in the Agriculture Budget. As a result, Tamil Nadu is emerging arsenic a pioneering State successful the field,” helium said astatine the inaugural lawsuit of ‘Agri-Business Festival 2025’ being organised by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare astatine the Chennai Trade Centre.
“After the enactment of our Dravidian Model government, we renamed the ‘Department of Agriculture’ arsenic ‘Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare,’ thereby declaring our government’s existent intent. Through each scheme, we are not lone striving to improve agriculture but besides heighten the surviving standards of farmers,” Mr. Stalin said.
“In the past, you each cognize however delayed the opening of the Mettur dam utilized to beryllium for Kuruvai cultivation. But since the DMK authorities took charge, the dam has been opened promptly connected the scheduled date,” helium said.
“This year, paddy has been cultivated connected 5.66 lakh hectares — an further 1,28,494 acres compared to past year. I person written to the Prime Minister requesting capable fertilizer proviso to Tamil Nadu, and I person been assured that enactment volition beryllium taken. We are moving with dedication to guarantee that farmers and agriculture successful Tamil Nadu bash not endure successful immoderate way,” Mr. Stalin said. He pointed retired that the nutrient atom productivity, which was 2,835 kg per hectare 3 years ago, had summation to 2,857 kg per hectare now.
Highlighting assorted achievements successful the past 4 years, Mr. Stalin said Tamil Nadu ranked archetypal successful India successful harvest productivity, 2nd successful maize, full oilseeds, and sugarcane production, and 3rd successful millets and groundnut cultivation, and was steadily moving towards the apical rank.
In the past 4 years, 52 lakh radical successful 10,187 colony panchayats had benefited done the Kalaignar’s All Village Integrated Agricultural Development Scheme, helium said.
Mr. Stalin listed various achievements such arsenic 1.45 lakh metric tonnes of fabric marketed successful delta districts, Turmeric Export Centre acceptable up successful Erode, Mega Food Park built astatine Gangaikondan successful Tirunelveli, enactment of the Tamil Nadu Cashew Board, compensation of ₹1,630 crore provided to 21 lakh farmers for harvest losses owed to earthy calamities, and ₹5,720 crore paid to 32 lakh farmers nether the harvest security scheme.
“We volition alteration farmers into entrepreneurs and nurture them arsenic caller exporters. That is the purpose of this festival. I petition each farmers to marque afloat usage of it,” the Chief Minister added.
