NewzVille Desk
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister, inaugurated the Asian Seed Congress 2025 today in Mumbai. The logo for the Asian Seed Congress 2025 was also unveiled during the inaugural function, and the theme for this year’s Congress is “Sowing the Seeds of Prosperity through Quality Seeds.”
Addressing the gathering, Union Minister Chouhan stated that the main objectives of the Government is to ensure the country’s food security, provide nutritious food to the people, and ensure that farming remains a profitable business for farmers.
The Union Minister said that the Government has focused on setting a target to increase productivity per hectare, providing good seeds to farmers, and reducing production costs. He also informed that the government has given higher priority to ensuring fair prices for farmers’ produce, compensating them when needed, and focusing on the diversification of farming practices.
N. Prabhakar Rao, Chairman of the National Seed Association of India (NSAI) said that Asian Seed Congress 2025 is an extremely important step for addressing modern changes and problem resolution in the seed sector.
Ajay Rana, Chairman of the Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII), and Take WahKoh, President of the Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA), are jointly co-chairing the Congress.
On the occasion, Biotechnologist and Geneticist Shri Trilochan Mohapatra was honoured for his significant contribution to the seed sector in the public domain.
