New Delhi: Expressing concerns over the agrarian crisis in the country, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday, warned the officials, along with the scientists, over its impact on the Indian economy.
Tomar, while speaking at a meeting organised by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), asserted that the country's economy, which is primarily dependent on agriculture, is facing a horde of issue, with the major one being decline in the area of cultivation land.
This, he said, was reportedly prompting farmers to search for alternative professions and dissuade the upcoming generations from taking up farming.
"The prevailing issues in agriculture have assumed centre stage on a global level. If similar situation continues for long, it will give rise to several issues. People will have money, but there will be no food to buy," he added.