National Conference on Doubling Farmers’ income

A two-day National Conference on Doubling Farmers’ Income for Sustainable & Harmonious Agriculture (DISHA-2018) was organized by S & T SIRI, an NGO of Telangana, in collaboration with ICAR-RCER RC, Patna, ICAR-IIAB and ICAR-IINRG, Ranchi on 11-12 August, 2018 at ICAR-Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi.

Shri CP Singh, Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Transport, Jharkhand State graced the Conference as Chief Guest.  Shri Singh said this Conference and is an important step toward realizing the dream of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 as envisioned by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. In his speech, he exhorted the scientists to work for the small farmers inhabiting distant villages.

Dr. P. Kaushal, Vice Chancellor, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi  said its time to act upon the action plan as envisaged in the Strategy Document prepared for each state for doubling farmers’ income.

Dr. KK Sharma, Director, ICAR-IINRG, Ranchi emphasized on integrated farming systems for food, nutritional and livelihood security and enhancing farm income by use of appropriate technologies.

Dr. BP Bhatt, Director, ICAR-RCER, Patna appealed to the stockholders to work together for benefits of the farming community. 

Three Key Note Addresses, 14 lead lectures, 156 Research papers and forty-two posters were presented during 12 technical sessions.  A souvenir cum proceedings book and a book on ‘Doubling farmers’ income through Sustainable and Harmonious Agriculture’ was released by the dignitaries during the conference.

Prof. Shailendra Singh, Director, IIM, Ranchi was the Chief Guest of the Valedictory Session of the conference. During the deliberations,  Dr. A Patnaiak, Director, VPKAS, Almora;  Dr. N. Prakash, Director, ICAR-RC, NEH, Meghalaya; Dr. ML Jat, Indian representative of CIMMYT, Mexico; Dr TR Sharma, Director, ICAR-IIAB, Ranchi also graced the occasion. 

More than 200 Scientist and researchers across the country participated in the conference.

(Source: ICAR-Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi)