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‘Food security major concern’

COIMBATORE: Agriculture has registered a phenomenal growth during the last four decades, but food security remains a major concern, Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar said here on Friday.

Past achievements were very impressive by any yardstick. But, the per capita consumption of most of the food items in the country was quite low compared to the requirement of nutritious food, Mr. Pawar said after inaugurating the Fourth National Conference on Krishi Vigyan Kendras, organised by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research and the Tamil Nadu University.

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