12th – 14th May 2023, Kanpur
Annual Zonal Review Workshop of NICRA (National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture) Project for the KVKs of Uttar Pradesh was organized from 12th to 14th May 2023 at ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute , Zone-III, Kanpur. In this workshop, the achievements of last year (2022) and action plans for 2023 of 17 Krishi Vigyan Kendras of the NICRA project were reviewed.
The Chief Guest, Shri Devendra Singh, Member of Parliament, Akbarpur, and Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee (Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing) said that climate change is the biggest challenge, especially in the field of agriculture. Shri Singh exhorted that regular soil and water testing has very important in the context of climate change. He emphasized on systematically setting the target of soil testing and sharing its deficiency and qualities, awareness, training, etc. shall be instrumental for climate-resilient agriculture.
The Guests of Honor on the occasion were Dr. Ranjay Kumar Singh, ADG (AE), ICAR,; Dr. Vinod Kumar Singh, Director, ICAR- Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad; Dr. B. Gangwar, Chairman-ZMC NICRA and Dr. Masood Ali, Member, Z.M.C. NICRA also expressed their views to make NICRA project more meaningful, farmer-centric and as a tool for minimizing the climatic vulnerability at the village level.
Dr. S.K. Dubey, Director, ICAR-ATARI, Kanpur, in his welcome address, shared that NICRA project is running in the state since 2011 (Phase I) and 2017 (Phase II) and its objective is to promote climate-resilient agricultural technologies for minimizing the climate-related vulnerabilities. Currently, the project is running across 17 climate-vulnerable districts of Uttar Pradesh. Custom hiring centers (CHC) has also been developed for farmers, in which farm machinery is made available to farmers through KVKs. Along with this, the seeds of improved varieties and related techniques as applicable to the given situation are being demonstrated to the farmers through KVKs.
Along with the Head of NICRA KVKs, farmers (40) also participated in the workshop and shared their experiences.
Four technical sessions were arranged in this workshop, in which district-wise achievements of KVKs were thoroughly reviewed.
A team of scientists also visited NICRA village of Hamirpur district, on 14th May, 2023.
(Source: ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Zone-III, Kanpur)
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