Agriculture Minister BC Patil said it was a great honour that agriculture enters ITBT sector.
Inaugurating the “Tech Bharat” program hosted by the Small Business Bharat Organization at GKV in Bengaluru, he said that the importance of agriculture is not one or the other. It is known that there is no stage in agriculture. Make in India is implementing farm programs. It is a great pleasure to be ranked first in the country and fourth in the entire world in our technology development.
As early as 1912, Sir M. Visvesvaraya was concerned with the development of farmers in irrigation and industrialization. From 2014 to 2018, over 50 thousand startups were born in the country. In 2019, 9,300 agri startups were launched, including 474 startups for agriculture. So far 4000 startups are heading to Bengaluru. There are 2 to 3 startups being born every day in our country. He said about 40,000 placements are being created.
Educated youths have re-imagined the adoption of agricultural technology from the town to the village. Older villages are again losing interest in agriculture. Even in the case of Covid lock-down in 2020-21, Karnataka will produce 64 lakh metric tonnes of food. Of this, only one per cent. It is a matter of pride that Karnataka has contributed to producing food in the entire country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government has invested Rs. 15lakh.
Young people should be more focused on self-employment rather than relying on government employees. Tea coffee can be found online, he said.
