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Vice-President of India visits ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur

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Lauds the institute’s initiatives

Vice-President (VP) of India M Venkaiah Naidu recently visited the ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Vice-President was accompanied by Kalraj Mishra, Governor, Rajasthan; Dr BD Kalla, Minister for Energy, Government of Rajasthan etc.

 

Naidu said, “There is a need to test the technologies developed in laboratories on the farmer’s field and demonstrate their benefits to the community.”

 

Reviewing the institute’s various research activities, Naidu applauded the ICAR-CAZRI’s efforts for developing the working models of smart agriculture, cheaper poly houses, systems of integrated farming, agri-voltaic, silvi-pasture, round-the-year fodder production through water harvesting and use of solar energy for agricultural operations. The institute’s initiatives for developing and deploying the improved and high yielding, drought-tolerant and disease-resistant varieties of pearl millet, green gram, moth bean, cluster bean, grasses, pomegranate, etc using the conventional and molecular breeding tools were also lauded by the VP.

 

Naidu stated that the alternate feed resources developed by the institute are helping in economising the cost of livestock production. He also stressed the efforts that are needed for integrating the traditional wisdom available to farmers with the modern technologies developed by the scientists to ensure the sustainability of farming. 

 

The VP emphasised the need for practising integrated farming with the diversification of agriculture and allied activities like dairying, backyard poultry and horticulture to ensure economic cushioning in the event of failure of one or the other components of farming.

 

The urgent need for strengthening the farming community, rather than making them dependent was also emphasized in the Vice-President’s address. Earlier, in his welcome address, Dr OP Yadav, Director, ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur briefed about the Institute’s history, mandate and significant achievements.

 

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