Chennai, March 7 -- union Minister for Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare and Rural Development Shivaraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the National Stakeholders' meet on Coconut Promotion Scheme at IIT Madras Research Park here on Saturday.
The union Minister provided a policy vision and guidance for the effective implementation of the scheme and also interacted with the coconut farmer leaders.
Senior policymakers, including the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India, and Secretaries of Agriculture and Horticulture from major coconut-growing Southern States, participated in the deliberations along with elected representatives and senior officials of the Coconut Development Board.
The conference wit...