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Agro Universities, Sustainability, Textile industry

The identification of the natural hazard-prone areas and mapping of the vulnerable zones of the Sundarbans areas, preparation of carbon stock and budget in the mangrove forests were discussed during the workshop

Dr Tilak Raj Sharma, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), ICAR recently launched a workshop of ‘Multi-National Project at Sundarbans through Drone Survey’ organised by the ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore near Kolkata.

Inaugurating the workshop, Dr Sharma emphasised that the project can deliver solutions for the farmers of the Sundarbans practising farming in one of the most vulnerable agro-ecological conditions of the country. The identification of the natural hazard-prone areas and mapping of the vulnerable zones of the Sundarbans areas, preparation of carbon stock and budget in the mangrove forests and Jute-based agro-ecosystem, etc., were emphasized by the DDG.

Dr RK Singh, ADG (Commercial Crops), ICAR underlined the scope for enhancing the farming community’s income through the Jute-based handicraft products.

Earlier, welcoming the dignitaries, Dr Gouranga Kar, Director, ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore stressed the need for reconciling the integrated approach that envisages the ecological and adjacent socio-cultural systems for the natural hazards protection, livelihood improvement and poverty alleviation of the Sundarban regions.

The local panchayats and members of Gram Trust NGO also participated in the workshop.

The identification of the natural hazard-prone areas

Acquaculture, AgroPolicy, Animal Health

According to the experts, intensification and diversification has added to the risk factors of the spread of new and emerging aquatic diseases in aquaculture

Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India organised a webinar on National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases: A Step towards Establishing Disease Governance System in India. The event was attended by more than 150 participants including officials of the Department of Fisheries, ICAR institutes, GoI and fisheries officials of different States/UTs, faculties from state agriculture, veterinary and fisheries universities, entrepreneurs, scientists, farmers, hatchery owners, students and stakeholders from aquaculture industry across the country.

The welcome address was given by IA Siddiqui, Fisheries Development Commissioner, DoF along with the introduction of the theme of the webinar and the distinguished panellists Sagar Mehra, Joint Secretary (Inland Fisheries); Dr Joykrushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), ICAR, New Delhi; Dr Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor (Research and Patents), Nitte University, Mangaluru; Dr AG Ponniah, Former Emeritus Scientist and Former Discipline Leader, WorldFish Centre, Malaysia, Dr KK Lal, Director, ICAR- National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow; Dr Neeraj Sood, Principal Scientist ICAR- National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow; V Balasubramaniam, General Secretary, Prawn Farmers’ Federation of India, Bengaluru and other participants.

Shri Sagar Mehra, Joint Secretary (Inland Fisheries), in his opening remarks mentioned that aquaculture production through intensification and diversification has added to the risk factors of spread of new and emerging aquatic diseases in aquaculture.

During the technical session, Dr Joykrushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), ICAR, New Delhi, set the context for the webinar and stated that India is a vast country with state divergent levels of capabilities and fisheries priorities hence surveillance programme for monitoring and controlling spread of diseases of national and international concern has become a primary requirement for effective health management and ultimately for sustainable aquaculture.

Dr Jena further stated that the National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD) of India has made its own example in establishing a coordinated surveillance programme for aquaculture.

Dr Neeraj Sood, Principal Scientist ICAR- National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow delivered a detailed presentation on NSPAAD along with the status of the project in the country and the future aims of the project.

Dr Iddya Karunasagar, Advisor, Nitte University, Mangaluru focussed on strategising aquatic animal health management based on disease surveillance through a knowledge filled session. Dr AG Ponniah, Former Emeritus Scientist and Former Discipline Leader, World Fish Centre, Malaysia delivered an informative session on emergency response in case of detection of exotic aquatic diseases and V Balasubramaniam, General Secretary, Prawn Farmers’ Federation of India briefed about the industrial approach and the need of fisheries and aquaculture sector for disease surveillance in shrimp aquaculture.

The webinar concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Dr SK Dwivedi, Assistant Commissioner, DoF.

According to the experts, intensification and diversification

AgroPolicy, Interaction

Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat underlined the components of the natural farming like use of Bijamrut, Jeevamrut, Ghan Jeevamrut, Mulching and multiple cropping systems

The ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra organise Virtual Sensitisation Workshop on “Natural Farming for Healthy Nation for Krishi Vigyan Kendras” on February 10, 2022.

Inaugurating the Workshop, the Chief Guest, Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat underlined the components of the natural farming like use of Bijamrut, Jeevamrut, Ghan Jeevamrut, Mulching and multiple cropping systems. He stressed that by using these methods, the natural farming can be done without affecting the yield and dependency on the import of agriculture fertilisers and other inputs can be reduced.

Devvrat highlighted the concept and philosophy of the natural farming. He stated that the natural farming helps in reducing the cultivation cost, enhancing the soil fertility and yields and protecting from uncertainties of climate change by adopting agro-ecology based principles.

The Special Guest, Jagdish Vishwakarma Panchal, Minister of State for Cooperation and Cottage Industries, Government of Gujarat underlined the Department’s working towards providing the marketing facilities to the farmers practicing natural farming in the state. He also urged the participants for taking the concept of natural farming at the village level too.

Dr CK Timbadia, Director of Extension Education, Navsari Agriculture University, Navsari, Gujarat outlined the success of forming the natural farming groups and master trainers for orienting the farmers and development functionaries.

Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat underlined the

Interaction, Supply Chain

The main objective of the MoU is to develop a start-up programme on Mud Crab Seed Production

The ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aqgromalin Farmtech Service Private Limited, a Farm Diversification Corporate Business Enterprise in Chennai on February 7, 2022.  

Dr K P Jithendran, Director, ICAR-CIBA, Chennai and Prasanna Manoharan, CEO, Aqgromalin signed the MoU on behalf of their organisations.

Dr Jithendran regarded the Mud Crab Farming as an economically viable production system and a potential species for the diversification. He said that as the stock-able size crab seed production is the critical gap, therefore, there is an urgent need for the transfer of the Mud Crab Nursery Seed Production Technology to the farmers.

The main objective of the MoU is to develop a start-up programme on Mud Crab Seed Production and scaling-up of the Mud Crab Farming with a supply chain.

The main objective of the MoU is

R&D

The MoU is aimed to facilitate a close cooperation in the research and academic activities between both the organisations

The ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra for facilitating the Students’ Training and Research on February 4, 2022.

Dr Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur and Dr VM Bhale, Vice-Chancellor, Dr PDKV, Akola signed the MoU on the behalf of their respective organisations.

The MoU is aimed to facilitate a close cooperation in the research and academic activities between both the organisations and open a new chapter for research and development of the citriculture through the collaboration and linkages.

The MoU is aimed to facilitate a

Agro Universities, Seeds

The collaboration will provide an online marketplace for improved seed spices varieties

Dr Anand Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Horticultural Science), ICAR virtually launched the integration of the ICAR-National Research Centre of Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan’s Seed Portal with the YONO Krishi Web Application of State Bank of India.

Emphasising the significance of seed spices as a potential agricultural commodity for the export point of view and as the source of bioactive high-value compounds, Dr Singh applauded the Centre’s efforts in the production and distribution of quality seeds of the Improved Seed Spices Varieties. The DDG also urged intensifying the research of the developing trait-specific varieties of seed spices and exploiting their medicinal potential.

Dr Vikramaditya Pandey, ADG (Horticultural Science), ICAR accentuated the digital integration’s usefulness which will make possible the area expansion of seed spices in the non-traditional growing areas of the country.

Sandeep Ubale, Chief General Manager (Digital Transformation and E-Commerce), SBI stressed that digitisation has a major role to play in doubling the farmers’ income. He also underlined the SBI YONO Krishi’s contribution to supporting the farmers through the various SBI Financial Schemes.

Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Chief General Manager, SBI (Jaipur Circle) outlined the SBI YONO Krishi’s features along with its functionality and benefits.

Earlier, welcoming the dignitaries, Dr SN Saxena, Director, ICAR-NRC on Seed Spices, Ajmer briefed about the Institute’s salient achievements on the occasion of its 22nd Foundation Day. Dr Saxena apprised the dignitaries about the production of the quality seeds of high yielding and disease-free varieties of seed spice crops developed by the Institute with a production outlay of 30-tonne seeds per year.

The senior officials of the State Bank of India; Directors of ICAR Institutes; state agricultural universities; state departments of agriculture, horti-entrepreneurs and farmers also virtually participated in the programme.

The collaboration will provide an online marketplace

Agro Universities, Sustainability

About 53 scientists and students from ICAR institutes and state agricultural universities attended the interaction lecture

The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), organised an online lecture on ‘Ecosystem Services of Forest Plantations and Agroforestry Systems’ to give emphasis on intangible benefits. About 53 scientists and students from ICAR institutes and state agricultural universities attended the interaction lecture that was held under the ICAR development grant.

Dr SK Chauhan, Prof and Head, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, welcomed the guest speaker Gitanjali, IFS, and participants in the programme.

Gitanjali, joined from Helsinki, Finland and made a presentation on quantification of ecological services of plantations. She emphasised on provisioning, regulatory, cultural and supporting services of the plantations, which are very beneficial but have least been attempted. In recent years, some emphasis has been placed on carbon trading, otherwise, other intangible services (water, soil, biodiversity, oxygen, etc.) have least been quantified and no monetary values are attached, she added.

Dr Dipankar Saha, an Ecologist from ICAR institute, proposed a vote of thanks.

About 53 scientists and students from ICAR

Agro Universities, R&D

Discussions were held on the current and future needs of Indian agriculture

Dr Ashok Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR inaugurated the 21-day ICAR-Winter School on ‘Advances in Social Science Research and Evaluation’ at ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad.

Delivering the inaugural address, Dr Singh highlighted the prospects of social sciences research in general and extension research in particular in strengthening the interface of research with the farming community for addressing the current and future needs of Indian agriculture.

Dr Srinivasa Rao, Director, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad stressed the need for a rigorous approach in advancing the extension of science. Dr Rao also emphasised the urgent need for looking into the mechanics of conducting extension research, besides outlining the efforts of the Academy in the direction.

Earlier, Dr P Venkatesan, Course Director delivered the welcome address.
The 21-day Virtual School being organised from January 25 to February 14, 2022, is aimed at imparting advanced knowledge and skills in conducting impact-oriented research and evaluation in social sciences in agriculture.

A total of 42 participants representing the NARS Institutions from 15 States and 1 Union Territory are participating in the event.

Discussions were held on the current and

Agro Universities

Representatives from 16 companies participated in the meet

The ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi recently organised the “Academia-Industry Biotechnology Meet”.

Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) along with Dr Tilak Raj Sharma, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), ICAR and Dr DK Yadava, ADG (Seeds), ICAR graced the meet.

Earlier, delivering the welcome address, Dr AK Shasany, Director, ICAR-NIPB, New Delhi underlined the Institute’s salient achievements to give an idea of the areas of research and products in hand and others which are likely to be available in future.

The Scientific Staff of ICAR-NIPB, New Delhi and representatives from 16 companies (all across the country and involved in the area of agricultural biotechnology) participated in the meet.

Representatives from 16 companies participated in the

Floriculture, Horticulture

About 44 improved varieties in nine crops were recommended for the different agro-climatic zones of the country during the meeting

The ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune, Maharashtra recently organised 30th Annual Group Meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on floriculture.

Dr Anand Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Horticultural Science), ICAR marked his presence as the Chief Guest along with Dr Vikramaditya Pandey, ADG (Horticultural Science), ICAR and Dr BK Pandey, ADG (Horticultural Science), ICAR as the Guests of Honor during the occasion.

Earlier, welcoming the dignitaries, Dr KV Prasad, Director, ICAR-DFR & Project Coordinator, AICRP on Floriculture, Pune presented the Project Coordinators Report (a compilation of Salient Research Achievements of the Project during 2020-21) and the ATR.

About 44 improved varieties in nine crops were recommended for the different agro-climatic zones of the country during the meeting.

About 44 improved varieties in nine crops

Live Stock

Discussions were held on the activities and strategies for documenting the non-descript populations under the mission

The ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, Haryana organised the Interface Meet on “AnGR of Telangana State: A Mission towards Zero Non-Descript AnGR of India” on January 10, 2021.

Dr BP Mishra, Director, ICAR-NBAGR, Karnal underlined the Bureau’s activities and strategies for documenting the non-descript populations under the mission.

Dr RN Chatterjee, Director, ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad highlighted the role of native and backyard poultry resources in the nutritional security of the rural population.

In his address, Dr Venugopal, Assistant Director, Animal Husbandry, Government of Telangana outlined the development programmes and policies for the AnGR of the State.

Dr B Ekambaram, Director (Research), PV Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Telangana apprised about the potential breeds in Telangana.

A total of 223 Officers of Telangana Animal Husbandry Department, Telangana State Biodiversity Board, ICAR Institutes, PV Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University and NGOs participated in the Virtual Meeting.

Discussions were held on the activities

AgroPolicy, Interaction

Discussions were held on training of fish farmers on sustainable practices in Andhra Pradesh

Dr Poonam Malakondaiah, IAS, Special Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation, AHDD & Fisheries, Government of Andhra Pradesh recently visited the ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata for an interface meeting on “Encouraging Fish Culture Technologies in Large Water Bodies with Special Emphasis on Enclosure Culture in Andhra Pradesh”. Dr Malakondaiah was accompanied by K Kanna Babu, Commissioner of Fisheries, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

In her address, Dr Malakondaiah underlined the state activities and Ventures of the Fisheries Sector like Farmer Field Schools in collaboration with state universities and the establishment of a Fisheries University at West Godavari District. She also highlighted the two major areas of concern for the fisheries in Andhra Pradesh, viz., training of farmers on sustainable practices and focusing on the quality of produce rather than quantity. Dr Malakondaiah stressed on the long and sustainable partnership with the ICAR-CIFRI for the development of Inland Fisheries Sector in Andhra Pradesh.

Babu underlined the possibility of partnership with the ICAR-CIFRI in future for promoting the cage culture in the Reservoirs of Andhra Pradesh. He also expressed his concern regarding the low domestic consumption of fishes in Andhra Pradesh even though the State leads in aquaculture production.

Earlier, delivering the welcome address, Dr BK Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore, Kolkata briefed the dignitaries about the Institute’s activities and achievements. 

Discussions were held on training of fish

Agro chems – Fertilizers, Agro Universities, Agrotech, R&D

Discussions were held on doubling farmers’ income in the country

Dr Ashok Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR recently inaugurated the administrative building and farmers’ hostel of KVK, Dahigaon, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. In his inaugural speech, Dr Singh highlighted the KVK’s efforts for doubling the farmers’ income in the country. The DDG stated that the introduction of additional enterprises like poultry farming; goat rearing, horticulture nursery and mushroom cultivation, etc., will help in doubling the farmers’ income.

The Government of India’s focus on natural farming and organic farming by the use of bio-fertilisers, bio-pesticides and judicious use of chemical fertilisers was underlined by Dr Singh. The Deputy Director-General stressed linking the farmers with markets through the Farmers’ Producers’ Organizations (FPOs), crop residue management, conservation agriculture, reducing the cost of cultivation, processing and value addition.

Dr Narendra Ghule Patil, President, Marutrao Ghule Patil Shikshan Sanstha highlighted the challenges and opportunities in front of farmers and the role of KVK in resolving them more strategically.

In his address, Dr Lakhan Singh, Director, ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra applauded the KVK’s work, especially, the large scale adoption of BDN-711 (Pigeon Pea), Phule Vikram (Chickpea), Phule Samadhan (Wheat), Sugarcane Nursery and Climate-Resilient Technologies.

The senior officials of the State Department of Maharashtra along with ICAR Institutes, State Agricultural Universities and more than 200 farmers and extension functionaries participated in the event.

Discussions were held on doubling farmers’ income

Environment, Interaction

The campaign aimed at sensitising the fishers and creating awareness on the climate-smart fisheries management in the changing climate scenario.

The ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata organised the campaign on “Climate-Smart Inland Fisheries in Coastal Wetland, West Bengal” at the Coastal Wetlands of Bermajur – 1 Village, Sandeshkhali – 2 Block of Sundarbans, West Bengal on December 29, 2021.

Dr Uttam Kumar Sarkar, Principal Investigator, NICRA & HoD, Reservoir and Wetland Fisheries Division, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore highlighted the various issues and innovative adaptation strategies for managing the fisheries of the coastal wetland.

Tapan Sardar, Gram Pradhan, Bermajur – 1, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal appreciated the Institute’s initiative for the development of the Scheduled Caste community through the climate-smart fisheries.

The campaign aimed at sensitising the fishers and creating awareness on the climate-smart fisheries management in the changing climate scenario registered participation by 70 Scheduled Caste Fishers including 20 women.

The campaign aimed at sensitising the fishers