12th January 2024, Goa
ICAR-KVK, North Goa, and ICAR- Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa organised a one-day awareness program on 'National Horticulture Board Schemes' in collaboration with the National Horticulture Board, Pune, and the Department of Agriculture, Government of Goa. The programme aimed to help the farmers in sustainable horticultural crop production and processing in this region.
The chief guest Dr. Parveen Kumar, Director, CCARI, Goa, urged the farmers to use high-tech horticulture technologies like improved planting material and scientific management practices to reduce the production gap and maximize crop production.
Dr Vijaykumar Doharey, Deputy Managing Director, National Horticulture Board, said that the board's goals include developing a production cluster for integrated high-tech commercial horticulture, post-harvest and cold chain infrastructure, and new technologies.
Mr. Dattaraj Desai, Deputy Director, Department of Agriculture, emphasised on the various horticulture schemes and subsidies implemented by the Goa government.
Dr. A.K Singh, Deputy Director, National Horticulture Board, Pune, briefed NHB on credit-linked back-end subsidy schemes, including project-based commercial horticulture development in open fields with protected cover.
N. Bommayasamy, Senior Scientist and Head, spoke about the agro-techniques to boost Goa's major horticultural crops' productivity.
About 97 farmers and farm women participated in the programme.
(Source: ICAR - Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute)
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