UN Assistant Secretary General calls on Andhra CM

Amaravati, Feb 15 : United Nations Assistant Secretary General Satya S. Tripathi called on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday.
During their interaction, Reddy apprised Tripathi, who also heads the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), that the state is promoting nature farming and organic farming, along with providing marketing facilities.
He said the government took steps to train farmers in ‘rythu bharosa’ centres.
Stressing on the need for recycling food processing waste, the Chief Ninister said officials of the departments concerned should take this forward.
Touching upon waste to wealth concept, Tripathi said technology is available to segregate electronic waste from plastic waste through e-clusters.
Both the leaders also discussed the necessity to achieve carbon neutrality through nature farming.