PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE
Shri Venkateshwara University hosted a national seminar and Kisan Samman ceremony in conjunction with of Agriculture and Horticulture departments, Uttar Pradesh, on the theme ‘Women Empowerment in Agriculture, Safe Food and Prosperous Future’ to mark the World Food Day on Friday.
The speakers appreciated the contribution of progressive women farmers in agriculture and over 300 progressive farmers, especially women farmers, were felicitated.
Addressing the commemorative programme, the founder chairman of Venkateshwara group of institutions, Sudhir Giri stressed on stopping unnecessary wastage of food during weddings, birthdays and other celebrations. Among others who spoke on the occasion was the pro-chancellor of Shri Venkateshwara University, Rajeev Tyagi and the district horticulture officer Amroha, Avnish Kumar Srivastava.
Srivastava said that the world’s food grains are more than one and a half times larger than the population density. “Yet, in one-third of the world, people do not get two square meals a day,” he added.
