World Agriculture Forum- 2013 to be held in Hyderabad

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Congress, being held for the first time in Asia, which has the theme "Re-shaping agriculture for a sustainable future of small and marginal farmers".

An agricultural trade fair will also be organised concurrently. As a prelude to the Congress, a meeting was held here today to discuss the agenda and related issues.

World Agriculture Forum Chairman Kenneth M Baker, WAF Advisory Board chairman and former Prime Minister of New Zealand James B Bolger, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Agriculture ministers -- Kanna Lakshminarayana (AP), Ramkrishan Kusmariya (Madhya Pradesh) and D Prasad Mishra (Odisha) attended the meeting along with others.

 

The primary objective of the Congress was to discuss with all key stakeholders like farmers