President Murmu to inaugurate 1st global symposium on farmers' rights on September 12
President of India Droupadi Murmu - Credit: PTI Photo
12/09/2023
President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the first-ever global symposium on farmers' rights at the Pusa complex here on Tuesday. Murmu will also unveil the Plant Authority Centre and confer awards to six farmer communities and 20 individual farmers for conservation efforts in agro-biodiversity.
Briefing media, Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority (PPVFRA) Chairperson Trilochan Mohapatra said the four-day symposium from September 12-15 is being held for the first time since the adoption of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in 2001.