India, May 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan today inaugurated the Eastern Regional Agriculture Conference at Mayfair Convention in Bhubaneswar along with Odisha Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi. The conference brought together representatives from Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal to deliberate on key issues concerning the agricultural transformation of Eastern India.
The conference focused on a wide range of issues including increasing pulses and oilseeds production, integrated farming for small and marginal farmers, natural farming, farmer registry, horticulture, agricultural credit, marketing reform...