Hyderabad: A 'Krishi Parivartan Yatra'organised by National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) to promote cross-learning and sharing of new agri-ventures among farmers across the country was kick-started by the city-based International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) on Sunday.
The yatra (by train journey from Hyderabad to New Delhi) takes 50 farmers and entrepreneurs, who are beneficiaries of the World Bank-funded National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), on a five-city tour - Hyderabad, Nagpur, Bhopal, Mathura and Delhi - from today for nine days, to share new technologies and agri-ventures with fellow farmers.
"We today start this yatra from Hyderabad and these beneficiaries will speak to other farmers and entrepreneurs. This activity is to share experiences of the successful cases, develop network of entrepreneurs and create awareness about the technologies. It will strengthen agribusiness and boost the transformation of Indian agriculture," NAIP national director D Rama Rao told reporters here.
The yatra will conclude and culminate into the Agri-Innovation Conclave in New Delhi on May 18. "Innovation in agriculture is widely considered as the key to achieve food security.
To actualise this vast untapped potential of Indian agriculture, this Krishi Parivartan Yatra is being organised to bring to the fore the unlimited opportunities that agriculture and agri business offer," Rao said.
