industries for<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nthe supply of input\/extension\u00a0<\/strong>services\/market\u00a0connections.<\/p>\nA global centre for millets<\/h3>\n
We are the world\u2019s top millet producer and second-largest exporter. This year, India is at the forefront of popularising the practice to promote:<\/p>\n
\n- nutrition,<\/li>\n
- food security, and<\/li>\n
- farmer welfare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
According to the budget, the Indian Institute of Millet Research in Hyderabad would be transformed into a centre of excellence for exchanging best practices, research, and technology worldwide to make India a global centre for Shree Anna Research.<\/p>\n
Organic farming<\/h2>\n
Furthermore, the government intends to encourage one crore farmers to practise natural farming. Sitharaman emphasised the PM-PRANAM initiative, which would be introduced to incentivise states and union territories to adopt alternative fertilisers, hence promoting green farming:<\/p>\n
\n- Planting material free of disease: <\/em><\/strong>The finance minister also launched the Atmanirbhar Clean Plant Programme, which would invest INR 2,200 crores to increase the availability of disease-free quality planting material for high-value horticulture crops.<\/li>\n
- Creating storage capacity: <\/em><\/strong>The government intends to build vast decentralised storage capacity to assist farmers<\/em>.<\/li>\n
- Cooperative society formation: <\/em><\/strong>According to Sitharaman, a national cooperative database is being developed to map cooperative groups. The measure will likely aid in executing the proposed national cooperative programme, particularly for dairy and fisheries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Digitization and Agritech<\/h2>\n
The Union Budget 2022 paved the way for Agritech entrepreneurs. This year, we have also seen several announcements.<\/p>\n