Watch: PM Modi addresses 3rd Global Potato Conclave

Prime Minister Modi addressed the Global Potato Conclave in Gandhinagar, Gujarat via video conferencing. PM Modi highlighted the steps being undertaken to double the income of farmers by 2022. The PM spoke at length about the government’s efforts to modernize the agriculture sector by incorporating latest technology.

Addressing the third Global Potato Conclave being held at Gandhinagar Gujarat via videoconference from here, Prime Minister Modi said, “About 6,000 farmers are going to visit Gujarat’s farms on field day (of the conclave). It is a commendable task in itself. It is also commendable that the potato conclave is happening outside Delhi, in Gujarat” Modi also hailed farmers of Gujarat for the tremendous increase in production of potato and said, “The entire potato production has increased by 20 per cent. In Gujarat, it has increased by 170 per cent. Policy initiative, decision and modern facilities for irrigation are the reasons behind this growth in both quality and quantity”
“In the last two decades, Gujarat has become one of the hubs for production and export of potatoes”, Modi said.