category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, J. P Dalal who is leading a delegation to Japan, visited Ibaraki (Tsukuba City) in Saitama Prefecture, Japan on Thursday and met representatives of Asahi Shokuhin Company Limited, NARO (National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation), Agri Machinery Institute (IAM Naro), Agri Finance Institutions and Agri Equipment Manufacturing Companies. The delegation also visited the market and held a meeting with the officers in-charge so that the farmers of Haryana could get the benefit of innovative technologies in the field of horticulture, vegetable production and agriculture. The Agriculture Minister emphasised that modern farming practices will help enhance productivity and farmers income. New agricultural machinery will be brought for Haryana s farmers, as farmers will be able to increase their yield by using advanced technologies. Japan s Asahi Shokuhin Company is engaged in the wholesale food business of processed and frozen products of agriculture. The company having a turnover of about Rs 32,000 crore, has been given a facility in 4 acres. The delegation also visited NARO (National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation) and the Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM-NARO), a government-funded body with an annual budget worth Rs 4300 crore. He added that the institute is primarily responsible for research, innovation and development of state-of-the-art machinery as per local requirements. The institute also conducts safety engineering research, safety inspection in the form of Roll Over Protection System (ROPS) test as per 2018 and 2019 standards and technical support program. Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Sudhir Rajpal, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, KM Pandurang, Director General, Horticulture, Dr. Arjun Singh Saini and other members of the delegation took a detailed overview of the crops and technology of Japan to understand the modern infrastructure system, operational modalities and support mechanism. (editor dailyworld.in)