NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, JAN 22
Puducherry, a former French colony has been maintaining good relationship with France by executing various projects, said the Minister for Agriculture R. Kamalakannan here on Wednesday.
While inaugurating a four-day workshop here on ‘local food system of Puducherry’ organised by the French government-administered French Institute in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare of Puducherry government, the minister said the development of tourism and other key sectors had been emulating the systems available in France.
Appreciating the efforts of the French Institute established in Puducherry in 1955 to promote organic farming by holding the workshop, the Minister who is basically a farmer said the outcome of the workshop would be of benefit to farmers and also to the Union Territory as a whole.
Claiming that Puducherry had gained much because of the pro-active support the French government has been giving over the years, he said the system of municipal administration adopted in Puducherry in line with the French pattern had been of practical help.
“The French rule had given Puducherry more, particularly in the field of administration and also civic bodies, and this has been permanently nurtured by the governments post-merger,” he claimed.
Director of French Institute Frederic Landy, who spoke on the occasion, highlighted the significance of the workshop.
Representatives of several non-governmental organisations and farmers outfits spoke highlighting the benefits of organic farming from the point of the health of the soil and also people consuming produce raised through organic farming.
