TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Stating that climate change is a big challenge for agriculture and the entire ecosystem, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stressed on the need to step up efforts to fight it as he launched 35 crop varieties which are climate resilient and have high nutrition content.
During a virtual ceremony, Modi also inaugurated the newly constructed campus of the National Institute of Biotic Stress Tolerance, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He also distributed the ‘Green Campus Award’ to agricultural universities and interacted with farmers who use innovative methods, before addressing a gathering.
Modi said, “Not only agriculture, climate change is a big challenge to the entire ecosystem. …Due to climate change, new types of pests, new diseases, epidemics are coming. Due to this, there is a big threat to the health of humans and livestock and crops are also being affected.? Climate change impact is on fish production and animal health and output. As a result, farmers and fishermen have to bear the losses, he said.
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