East-Northeast Can Be the Food Bowl of India

Matt Hopkins Posted by Matt Hopkins|24 July 2017

The east and north-eastern parts of the country have unique advantage to be the food bowl of India, said chairman of Pan IIT Alumni, India, Ashok Madhukar on EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com.

The two parts have access to land, water and labour, he said adding agriculture plays a critical role in food security, rural development and livelihood.

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Madhukar, who was speaking at the PAN IIT Alumni India programme ‘Digital Transformation of Agriculture’ here, called for bringing about a transformation in the quality of life of people of the areas throght economic opportunites.

Read more at EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.com.

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