New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- India needs to transition from a production-centric agriculture model to an agri-food value chain approach to raise farmers' incomes, promote agricultural diversification and generate rural employment, M L Jat, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), said on Tuesday.

"We have to transition from production-centric focus to the value chain focus. That's why we say transitioning from agriculture production to the agri-food system value chain. The value chain is very, very important not only from the perspective of increasing income of the farmers but also agricultural diversification," Jat said.

He told this while respondi...