27th Meeting of ICAR Regional Committee No. VII organized by ICAR- CIAE, Bhopal

18th August, 2023,Bhopal

The 27th meeting of ICAR Regional Committee No. VII was organized by ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal today to identify issues related to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and fisheries sector in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Goa, and to provide solutions for those issues.

Dr. Himanshu Pathak Secretary, (DARE) and Director General (ICAR) inaugurated the meeting. Dr. Himanshu Pathak briefed about the objectives and importance of the regional committee meeting. Dr.Pathak explained that the meeting is an occasion where senior officials from central government and state government meet and arrive at solutions to the problems in agriculture and allied sectors in the region. He presented a brief report on achievement and status of the four states in agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and fisheries. He also pointed out scopes for further development in crop, livestock and fisheries productions, and challenges to agricultural development in these four states.

Shri Ashok Barnwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh in his address stressed that we need to sustain the growth in agriculture in coming years in spite of many challenges. He expressed concern about less number of variety development in horticultural crops compared to cereals and other food-grains.

The inaugural session started with address by Dr. SN Jha, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Engineering) & Nodal Officer, ICAR Regional Committee-VII, Dr. T.R. Sharma, Deputy Director General (Crop Science) Dr. RC Agrawal, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Education) Dr. JK Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science) and Dr. US Gautam, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension) any Dr. K.P. Singh ADG (Farm Engineering).

Dr C.R. Mehta, Director, ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal and Member Secretary presented the action taken report (ATR) on issues raised in 26th meeting during the technical session followed by interactive sessions with senior officers from state government Departments of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and fisheries. Commissioner of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Directors from the Departments of Agriculture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Horticulture and Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal participated in the session and raised various issues of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa and Chhattisgarh states.

(Source: ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal(MP)