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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

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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

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Around 76 farmers were distributed the Poultry birds, night shelter, feeder, water and medicine kits during the occasion.

The ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad has recently organised the “Backyard Poultry Distribution Programme” at Heerapur Village of Adilabad District, Telangana under the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes.  

Delivering the address, Soyam Babu Rao, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) highlighted the importance of poultry and livestock sector in making agriculture profitable. He also emphasised on the vision of the Prime Minister for doubling the farmers’ income and the role of poultry towards achieving the desired goal.

Dr RN Chatterjee, Director, ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad outlined the ICAR-DPR’s role in livelihood and income generation through backyard poultry in the country.

The participants were provided with the on-farm demonstration and training on scientific rearing of poultry.

Around 76 farmers were distributed the poultry birds, night shelter, feeder, water and medicine kits during the occasion.

Around 76 farmers were distributed the Poultry

Inputs, Interaction, Machinery – Post-harvesting

The main aim of the meet was to create awareness among the Agriculture Extension Officers and Farmers on the recent developments in the improved cultivation and post-harvest technologies of Jute and Allied Fibre crops.

The ICAR- Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres (CRIJAF), Barrackpore, Kolkata have recently organised a two-day “Sensitisation-cum-interactive meeting of agricultural officers of Odisha”.

The event marked the presence of Gouranga Kar, Director, ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore, who in his inaugural address to the participants stated about how the Institute’s current research programmes and technologies are functioning.  He also highlighted the economic, ecosystem and nutraceutical importance of Jute and Allied Fibre Crops. Kar reiterate the need to bring solutions to the various issues through the appropriate technological intervention for substantial increase in Jute productivity in Odisha.

The participants visited the different models of ‘In-Situ Retting Tank’ and ‘Solar-Operated Slow Moving Retting Water Facility’ in the newly developed Retting Complex of the Institute.

The meet was organised with the sole purpose of creating awareness among the Agriculture Extension Officers and Farmers on the recent developments in the improved cultivation and post-harvest technologies of Jute and Allied Fibre Crops. Near about 10 Officials and 2 Progressive Farmers from different jute growing Districts of Odisha participated in the meet.

The main aim of the meet was

Acquaculture, AgroPolicy

This is a significant achievement for India in decoding the whole genome of the native species of shrimp, one of the world’s most important seafood commodities.

The Scientists of the ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai have recently sequenced and assembled the whole genome of Indian White Shrimp (Penaeus indicus) on their own. This is a significant achievement for India in decoding the whole genome of the native species of shrimp, one of the world’s most important seafood commodities.

The Indian shrimp industry contributes about 11 per cent share of the global production (759,906 Tonnes valued at $4 Billion in 2020) amongst the shrimp producing countries.

The whole genome sequence of P indicus is a major landmark and this very high-quality genome assembly of P indicus is of 1.93 Gb size with contig N50 of 1.4 Mb having very high number of 346 un-gapped contigs of over 1 Mb length and scaffold N50 of 34.4 Mb. Considering the large genomes of >1.5 Gb length, the assembly presented for P indicus is the only crustacean genome and one among the only nine invertebrate genomes sequenced so far to meet the reference standard of 1 Mb contig N50 and 10 Mb scaffold N50 lengths.

The future genetic improvement programmes with focus on P indicus would benefit aquaculture with increased productivity and sustainability across Asia and the other geographical locations where this shrimp species is predominantly found.

The Scientists’ team involved in shrimp genome assembly included Dr MS Shekhar, Dr Vinaya Kumar Katneni, Dr Ashok Kumar Jangam and Dr KK Vijayan.

The shrimp genome sequencing project was financially supported by the ICAR-Consortium Research Platform on Genomics and coordinated by Dr Joy Krushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), ICAR.

This is a significant achievement for India

AgroPolicy

Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs stressed for the holistic development of reservoirs in Odisha

Bishweswar Tudu, Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Tribal Affairs recently inaugurated the ICAR-CIFRI Pen Culture Demonstration-cum-Reservoir Fisheries Enhancement Program at Balidiha, Mayurbhanj District, Odisha. Tudu said, “The Department of Fisheries, Government of Odisha and the fishers should join hands with the ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore for the holistic development of the reservoirs in Odisha.”

The minister stressed disseminating the benefits of the reservoir fisheries development program to the local community. Subrata Dash, District Fisheries Officer, Mayurbhanj District, Odisha underlined the various schemes being run by the state government for fisheries development.

Earlier, welcoming the dignitaries, Dr BK Das, Director, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore briefed about the activities being carried out by the Institute in Odisha. He also urged the fishers of Balidiha Dam to work together in a participatory model for the success of the reservoir fisheries enhancement program.

About 250 fishermen participated in the program.

Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti

AgroPolicy

The three-day summit was attended by over 5000 farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed farmers at the National Conclave on Natural Farming through a video conference. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Narendra Singh Tomar, Governor of Gujarat, Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh were among those present on the occasion. The Government of Gujarat organised the National Conclave on Natural Farming. The three-day summit was attended by over 5000 farmers, apart from farmers connected Live through Central Institutes of ICAR, Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ATMA (Agricultural Technology Management Agency) network in the states.

Addressing the farmers, the Prime Minister called for the adaptation of agriculture according to new requirements, new challenges of the journey till the 100th year of independence. The Prime Minister noted that in the last six to seven years, several steps have been taken, from seed to market to increase the income of the farmers. Measures from soil testing to hundreds of new seeds, from PM Kisan Samman Nidhi to fixing MSP at 1.5 times the cost of production, from irrigation to a strong network of Kisan Rail have taken the sector in that direction. He greeted the farmers from all over the countries who were connected to the event.

While acknowledging the important role of chemicals and fertilisers in the Green Revolution, the Prime Minister emphasised the need for working on its alternatives simultaneously. He warned against the dangers of pesticides and imported fertilisers which lead to increased costs of inputs and also cause damage to health. The Prime Minister stressed that this is the right time to take big steps before the problems related to agriculture become even worse. 

“We have to take our agriculture out of the lab of chemistry and connect it to the lab of nature. When I talk about nature’s laboratory, it is completely science-based,” the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister said today the more modern the world is becoming, the more it is moving towards ‘back to basic’. The Prime Minister said, “It means connecting with your roots. Who understands this better than all of you farmer friends? The more we water the roots, the more the plant grows”, said the Prime Minister.

The three-day summit was attended by over

Inputs, Seeds

The MoU will support the farmers for adopting the sustainable Agri-food systems

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi on the Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) for strengthening the capacities to support the farmers for adopting the sustainable agri-food systems.

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh outlined the setting-up of the Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs) as a part of an effort for weeding out the fake seeds, pesticides and fertilisers from the markets. The chief minister stated about the measures that are taken to ensure remunerative prices to the farmers.

The RBKs are the One Stop Shops for supplying the Government Certified Agri Inputs (Seeds, Fertilisers & Pesticides), Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Inputs to the farmers and have an attached Workshop/Knowledge Centre for providing the Scientific Agro-Advisories to the farmers.

Currently, 10,778 RBKs are operating in the state that are integrated Centres offering various agriculture-related services under one roof. The ICAR through its Research Institutes and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) Network will provide the RBKs with the latest technologies and help in capacity building.

Poonam Malakondaiah, Agriculture Special Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh; Tomio Shichiri, Country Director, FAO, India and Dr Ashok Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR signed the MoU on the behalf of their respective organisations.

As per the MoU, the FAO will provide technical and financial assistance to RBKs in the State and the ICAR & FAO will work collaboratively towards strengthening the RBKs in the state.

The MoU will support the farmers for

Nature, Sustainable Energy

MoU would provide the required impetus for the much acclaimed and majestic Himalayas

The Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation, Dehradun, Uttarakhand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sparsh Himalaya, Dehradun. Dr M Madhu, Director, ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun and Seema Sharma from Sparsh Himalaya, Dehradun signed the MoU on the behalf of their respective organisations.

In his address, Dr Madhu outlined the main objective of the MoU to stimulate and facilitate collaboration and promote mutually-interested common programmes that help to advance the interests of the Himalayan ecosystems and related intellectual life and cultural development. He also emphasised that the MoU would provide the required impetus for the much acclaimed and majestic Himalayas.

Seema underlined that the technological and success stories including the short films, videos and technological exhibits and depictions generated by the ICAR-IISWC will be aired through the channel of the Sparsh Himalaya for wider reach and mass awareness on useful and evidence-based information to the diverse target groups and stakeholders.

MoU would provide the required impetus for