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Need To Step Up Efforts To Tackle Challenges Of Climate Change: PM Narendra Modi

Mumbai: Describing climate change as a major challenge for agriculture and the entire ecosystem, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stressed the need to intensify efforts to fight it as he launched 35 crop varieties that are climate resilient and high in nutritional content.

During a virtual ceremony, Modi also inaugurated the newly constructed campus of the National Institute of Biological Stress Tolerance, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

He also distributed ‘Green Campus Awards’ to agricultural universities and interacted with farmers using innovative methods, before addressing a gathering.

Modi said, “Climate change is a big challenge not only for agriculture but for the entire ecosystem. Due to climate change, new types of pests, new diseases, epidemics are coming. Due to this, there is a big threat to the health of humans and livestock and crops are also being affected.”

Climate change is having an impact on fish production and animal health and production. Farmers and fishermen have to bear the brunt of this.

“There is a need for continuous intensive research on these aspects. When science, government and society work together, the results will be better,” he said.

Modi interacted with farmers from different states including two women farmers – Jaitan Begum from Ganderbal district, Jammu and Kashmir and Darshan Pedenkar from Bardez, Goa.

He also interacted with Suresh Rana from Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand and Thoba Singh from Thuba, Manipur.

These farmers shared how they benefited from various government schemes like PM-KISAN. He also shared how he adopted new farming and processing techniques in different regions of Uttarakhand as well.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Pountry Parshottam Rupala, Ministers of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary and Shobha Karandlaje, and former-CM of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh were also present at the event.

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