‘Agri scientists fully capable of meeting farmers’ demand’

Indian agricultural scientists are fully capable of meeting the demands of our farmers, the Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said on Monday. “Climate Change cannot be rectified merely through economics,” the minister said while speaking at the inauguration of the workshop in the national capital on Private Sector Facility under Green Climate Fund (GCF).

He also emphasised on the mobilisation of financial resources for clean and green investment and sought greater involvement of stakeholders in the planning process. He underlined the need to evolve a framework for impact assessment after completion of project and building of sustainability through our traditional knowledge.

In a first, the workshop provided an opportunity to the private sector to understand and explore funding opportunities which the GCF offers them to move towards low emission and climate-resilient development pathways. Environment Ministry and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) jointly organised the workshop. 

 NABARD Deputy Managing Director H R Dave expressed the need for generation of transformational and high impact projects under GCF and indicated that NABARD would provide all the necessary support in the process.