Prabhakar Deshmukh is responsible for all the agriculture development
that has happened in Maharashtra. He has actively promoted group farming in
Maharashtra. Agriculture in India has a significant history. 70% of the
population is dependent on farming as means of livelihood. As the result, it is
a more manual driven process rather than technologically advanced process,
resulting in poor yield and output. This opinion was made by Mr. PrabhakarDeshmukh, Commissioner of Pune while addressing at the first Rural
Entrepreneurship Seminar at Baramati. He was talking on the topic of ‘how do
agri-entreprenuerships contribute to the rural economy’. Mr. Sudarshan
Suryavanshi (ISAP), Mr. Rajesh Urkude(head of m-KRISHI project), Mr. Abdul
Rehman Ilyas (CEO-IKP center, Hyderabad) Shared dais to deliver valuable
information about agri entreprenuership in this 2 days conference.
Mr. Prabhakar said, with group farming, these drawbacks can
be addressed and taken into consideration. He also emphasis that there is
considerable soil degeneration and the Nitrogen levels in the soil were
depleting since the last 30 years. With group farming, it was possible to do
farming in a scientific manner, using technology and generating better results
and yields. Systematic grading and packaging will give quality assurance and
better market prices. Involving women in the decision making and putting
systems in place can generate immense work opportunities in the sector.
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