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Expressing a need to transform agriculture to advanced farming and maintain continuity, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the Agriculture sector is the backbone of the country and the country’s rural economy and agriculture have such strength that the country can easily overcome even the adverse situations, noting that the Indian Agriculture sector has shown this during the Covid pandemic.

Minister further said that today the country is in the first or second place in the world in terms of most of the agricultural produce. Despite this, there are some challenges before the Agriculture sector, therefore the Minister said there is a need to work in this direction to transform agriculture into advanced farming, technology should be used in agriculture and its continuity should be maintained.

Besides, Tomar said that the stronger and more profitable the Agriculture sector is, the stronger the country will be. There is a need to consider the challenges facing Agriculture today. In spite of all the favourable conditions, the area under farming and its profit and loss depend a lot on the nature. He also said that people's curiosity and attachment towards agriculture should increase, agriculture should be attractive for the next generation and farmers can be retained for farming, more work needs to be done in this direction.