Seeking technological innovation and investments to strengthen agriculture sector in the State, Rajasthan looks to host investors and delegates from Netherlands, Israel, Australia and Canada to be partner countries for the forthcoming Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet-2016 or 'GRAM 2016' to be held at Jaipur during November 9-11, 2016.

Kiran Maheshwari, Minister for PHED (Public Health Engineering Department) & Ground Water, Government of Rajasthan reached out to the farmers, industrialists and agriculture experts in Gujarat on Wednesday to partner with Rajasthan in agriculture and allied sectors.

Maheshwari called for a joint initiative of both the States to achieve the vision of doubling the farm income by 2022. “This will be done through a strategic alliance focusing more on R&D in seeds, livestocks and dairy processing. An advanced single window clearance system has been created to digitally streamline all process concerning industries," she said.

The event focuses on technological innovations and high-yield practices in agriculture and allied sectors, thereby ensuring economic empowerment of the farmers through accelerated yet sustainable growth in agriculture and to double farmer’s income by 2022. 

Rajasthan would showcase investment opportunities in the sector involving products like pressure irrigation, solar pumps, custom hiring of farm machinery & implements, farm mechanisation, agro-processing at the event, which is expected to draw over 50,000 farmers and delegates from different countries.

GRAM will also offer a platform for companies and service providers to showcase their latest offerings and global best-practices in farming and allied activities to over 50,000 agriculturists from Rajasthan.

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