Rajasthan to showcase its agri-tech potential

August 02, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 06:01 am IST - HYDERABAD:

ROADSHOW:Rajasthan Minister for Agriculture Prabhu Lal Saini (extreme right) at the Hyderabad Business Meet on Monday.- Photo: By Arrangement.

ROADSHOW:Rajasthan Minister for Agriculture Prabhu Lal Saini (extreme right) at the Hyderabad Business Meet on Monday.- Photo: By Arrangement.

A State whose first reference brings to our minds images of camels, undulating sand dunes in deserts - Rajasthan, is gearing itself up to showcase what it terms the fantastic potential it has in the agriculture and related sectors.

Some facts, that many do not know, were thrown up at a meeting include those of the State’s growth in agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and dairy development despite 61 per cent of its geographical area classified semi-arid and arid. It has only 9.32 per cent forest cover but there is a wide array of bio-diversity.

On the irrigation front just about 34 per cent of its area is under assured irrigation, where two crops are raised.

“Come join us, grow with us at the three-day ‘Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet’ (GRAM), to be held in Jaipur between November 9 and 11,” invited its Agriculture Minister Prabhu Lal Saini and Secretary Women and Child Development Kuldeep Ranka. Hard-selling the growth and investment potential of the State at a road show here on Monday, they said several cash crops and irrigated crops were grown.

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