Sunday, June 2, 2013

Haryana negotiating with Argentina and Brazil to construct godowns



By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 2
The Haryana Government is negotiating with the governments of Argentina and Brazil to construct godowns   in rural areas of the State under a Silo Project for storage of foodgrains   and an agreement in this regard is likely to be signed shortly.
         This was stated by  Haryana Minister of State   for Agriculture, Mr. Sukhbir Kataria in Sirsa.
The Minister said that  in this regard he has already visited both the countries. He said that Haryana is a leading state in foodgrains production and it is number one in the country in terms of productivity of wheat.  He said that under such godowns, the foodgrains could be stored safely without any impact of adverse climatic conditions like very low or very high temperature and humidity.
          Mr. Kataria said that after signing of the agreement with Argentina and Brazil, special concessions would be given to the farmers for setting up of such godowns which would also provide employment to the youth. He said that during the current season about 60 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has reached   the mandis of the state and adequate arrangements have been made for its storage.
          While urging the farmers to follow rotation farming and horticulturehe said that the state government has started various new schemes to encourage the farmers towards horticulture. 

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