Run agriculture sector like a business: Gates

He underlined the need for a shift in agriculture from the one based merely on subsistence to the one that runs like a business. Gates was addressing the valedictory of the three-day AP AgTech Summit 2017 here. If small-holding farmers were helped to be more productive, this can kill three birds with one stone.

“First, we can turn the largest economic sector in the country into a source of growth and set off a drag on the economy. Second, we can make sure the growth is inclusive. It not only leads to higher GDP but also lifts people out of poverty. “Third, we can produce nutritious food to spurt a healthy and well-educated labour force to the future.”