According to DG ICAR, the collaboration will help to strengthen agricultural research, innovations and farmers’ outreach for sustainable agricultural development
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was recently signed between ICAR and the Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA), New Delhi at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR)and Dr MJ Khan, Chairman, ICFA signed the MoU on the behalf of their respective organisations.
According to Mohapatra, the collaboration will help to strengthen agricultural research, innovations and farmers’ outreach for sustainable agricultural development.
In his address, Dr Mohapatra outlined the unparalleled contributions of the stakeholders that have led the country to succeed in the agricultural sector. The DG, ICAR urged for making the efforts to scale out the technologies to the farmers and develop new linkages through ICFA with the industry for demand-driven research. He also stressed convergence between and amongst the similar activities of ICAR and ICFA to fortify the impacts of the technologies. He appreciated the ICFA’s efforts for promoting the technologies, capacity development and trade facilitation. The DG, ICAR also stressed developing a detailed work plan wherein all the activities with their timeline may be detailed out for the efficient implementation of the MoU.
Dr Khan highlighted the ICFA’s various activities and scope of developing the partnerships between the two organisations.
Present were Sanjay Garg, Additional Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR); Deputy Directors General, ICAR; Assistant Directors General, ICAR and Dr JP Mishra, ADG (International Relations) & OSD (PPP), ICAR along with Pravin Shrivastava, Director General, ICFA and the other senior officials of ICFA.
