Indore, June 26 -- Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday participated in a one-day review meeting and workshop regarding soybean production at ICAR-National Soybean Research Institute, Indore and discussed improving crop quality and benefiting farmers.

Chouhan also drove a tractor and sowed soybean crops. He stressed that he is not only a minister but a farmer too.

"I am not only an Agriculture Minister, but also a farmer and farming is in my every breath. Today I sowed soybeans myself by driving a tractor at ICAR - National Soybean Research Institute, Indore. Here, a serious brainstorming is going on throughout the day with scientists and agricultural experts to increase soybean production ...