Vice President Venkaiah Naidu calls for improving cotton yield and productivity, stresses priority of farmer incomes

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu today called upon all stakeholders to make concerted efforts to improve cotton yield and productivity to enhance farmers’ income. Inaugurating the CITI-CDRA Golden Jubilee Celebrations in New Delhi, Mr Naidu expressed his concern over the low yield of Indian cotton compared to other major cotton growers in the world.

He said, steps must be taken to guide the farmers through better research and by adopting best practices. Vice President also emphasized on improving farm productivity, increasing mechanization, upskilling textile workers and hand-holding small firms to give a boost to the sector.