India, May 5 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the Cotton Productivity Mission. Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said that the approval of the mission, along with the agreement on safe trade of agricultural products, plant quarantine and phytosanitary cooperation with SCO member countries, marks an extremely significant decision for farmers, the agricultural economy and the nation's food security.
Shri Chouhan said the initiative will connect cotton farmers with modern research, advanced technologies and improved production systems, while also strengthening safe agricultural trad...