‘CII was facilitating private sector engagement in agriculture’
CII Andhra Pradesh chairman D. Ramakrishna has said that the agriculture reforms envisaged in the farm Bills will attract more private investments and promote farm mechanisation on the desired scale.
In a press release here on Friday, he said with the proposed reforms, the agriculture sector would play a vital role in accelerating economic growth of the country.
Mr. Ramakrishna said the CII was facilitating private sector engagement in agriculture through Farmers’ Producers Organisations (FPOs), which were aimed at capacity-building of farmers and forging market linkages.
Nine value chains, namely rice, maize, soybean, pulses, banana, potato, tomato spices and red chilli had been prioritised under the programme, and 11 companies had already signed up to engage with the FPOs.
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