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ATM News Network: The 3S approach stands and promotes ‘Smart’ and ‘Sustainable’ agriculture to ‘Serve’ everyone, expressed Jyotiraditya Scindia, the union minister for civil aviation and steel. He was addressing the media on the sidelines of the first G20 Agriculture Deputies' Meeting, in New Delhi.
He said that agriculture for India has always been a priority and for the world, it has come to the fore now, news agency PTI reported. In order to address concerns about global food security, India on Tuesday urged G20 countries to implement the '3S' strategy for the agricultural ecosystem, which stands for Smart, Sustainable, and Serve.
"We have to adopt a 3S strategy for the agriculture ecosystem to make a mark on the world food system. The 3S approach promotes Smart and Sustainable to serve everyone. To increase production in agriculture, emphasis should be given to smart agriculture, like the use of drones and other modern technology.
He further stated that in the previous eight years, India's foodgrain output has increased from 265 million tonnes to 315 million tonnes. The budgetary outlay for the farm sector has been increased by four-and-half times to Rs 86,700 crores in the last eight years.
Stating that India has made significant progress in agriculture, the minister said it is the top nation in the world in milk production, second in vegetables and fruits, and third in food grains production.
In the last 18 years, the state's foodgrains output increased almost 4 times to 629 lakh tonnes from 165 lakh tonnes. Irrigation has improved by 50 per cent in the state. Based on the outcome of the discussion, India and G-20 nations will provide a new road map for agriculture to the world, he added.
The first Agriculture Deputies Meeting of the Agriculture Working Group (AWG) under India's G20 presidency is being held here from February 13-15.
The next meetings of G20 AWG are likely to be held in Chandigarh, Varanasi, and Hyderabad.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by ATM staff and is published from a web feed.)
