4th – 5th May 2023, Sargachi
ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kolkata organized the Annual Zonal Workshop on National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA)-TDC Project for Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Odisha (9 KVKs), West Bengal (7 KVKs) and A & N Islands (1 KVK) under Zone V during May 2-4, 2023 at R. K. Mission Ashrama- Dhaanyaganga Krishi Vigyan Kendra Sargachi, Berhampur, West Bengal. The objective of the workshop was to review the progress of activities of the project in 2022-23 and finalization of the action plan for 2023-24.
Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Member of the Parliament of Berhampur, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, and Chairman of the Public Accounts Parliament Standing Committee in the valedictory session explained the post-green revolution prosperities of the agricultural sector and the loopholes that are still to be mended from the end of policymakers and emphasized to take the oath of taking utmost care of mother nature which will, in turn, take care mankind. He highlighted the local issues of agriculture like arsenic contamination in soils, flooding, soil erosion, etc., and appreciated the ICAR to launch the NICRA project for the district.
Swami Vishwamayananda Maharaj, Secretary, RKMA, Sargachi in the inaugural session spoke about the integration of science and spirituality in the field of agriculture where nature plays a pivotal role.
Dr. H K Senapati, Chairman, NICRA Zonal Monitoring Committee stressed upon the judicious use of natural resources towards sustainability.
Dr. Pradip Dey, Director, ICAR-ATARI Kolkata has stated that conservation agriculture has a huge importance in the scenario of climate changes and urged to link production systems to market intelligence for better profitability.
Dr. M Prabhakar, PI, NICRA, ICAR-CRIDA Hyderabad briefed about the precedented gradual increase of global temperature and its related consequences. He has exhorted his views towards the NICRA-KVKs of Zone V for intensive care towards nurturing the interventions against climatic vulnerability and upscaling the related technologies.
Shri. A Nayek, DDA (Admn) Murshidabad has opined for optimum use of natural resources and the advantages of Murshidabad being the crop cafeteria of the state.
Shri. Nazrul Islam, Sabhapati, Beldanga I Panchayat Samiti has expressed his gratitude to ICAR for sanctioning NICRA Project to Murshidabad district and also promised to stand by in every possible way.
Earlier, Dr. F H Rahman, Principal Scientist-cum-Nodal Officer highlighted the role of all 17 KVKs in disseminating the climate resilient technologies in respect of different modules viz. NRM, Crop Production, Livestock & Fisheries, and Institutional Intervention among the farmers of 35 villages so far in combating the climate adversities upon agriculture and allied sectors.
One Technical Bulletin on Climate Smart Adaptive Strategies in Agriculture and Allied Sectors and ‘Niramoy’ an anti-stress supplement for livestock were released.
All the KVKs presented their progress of activities of the project conducted during last year which were critically reviewed by the experts and panelists and the action plan for 2023-24 of each KVK was finalized.
Zonal Monitoring Committee members visited NICRA village Sujapur adopted by the KVK for monitoring and review the ongoing demonstrations of climate-resilient technologies of various modules on 3rd May. The Committee discussed with the VCRMC members, farmers and farm women of the village on the various issues on climate vulnerabilities and their possible adaptive strategies.
(Source: ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kolkata)
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