5th March, 2019, New Delhi
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR) inaugurated the PUSA Krishi Vigyan Mela - 2019 here at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi today.
The agricultural extravaganza will be organized at the IARI Mela Ground from 5th to 7th March - 2019.
In his inaugural address, Dr. Mohapatra applauded the institute’s efforts of organizing such knowledge gaining event for the agricultural and farming community. The Director General highlighted about the various achievements made not only in the field of agriculture and farming, but also in the various fields of allied sciences as well by the ICAR and its dedicated team.
Dr. Mohapatra lauded the PUSA’s contribution in making the country food-sufficient in its real terms. He highlighted the ICAR’s mandate to achieve and realize the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s aim to double-up the farmer’s income by the Year - 2022.
The Director General emphasized on the efforts that needs to be taken promptly in order to promote the practices of precision farming on a large scale across the agricultural and farming community of the country. He also said that besides this, there is also a need for the promotion of censor-based irrigation like facilities too that can truly come fruitful in lessening down the burden of farming community and increase their productivity in a long run.
Dr. Mohapatra said the PUSA Krishi Vigyan Mela - 2019 is deemed to be a three-day long exuberant agricultural extravaganza that will really prove to be helpful for the farmers by providing them with an ample opportunity to interact and get their agriculture and farming-related doubts and problems solved by the concerned scientists.
In his welcome address, Dr. A.K. Singh, DDG (Agricultural Extension) & Director, IARI underlined the various activities and programmes to be held during the three-day long Krishi Vigyan Mela - 2019. Dr. Singh accentuated that the agricultural Mela is one of the best place for the exchange of various technologies of agricultural and farming communities. He said that Mela is like a Kumbh where all the experts of the different fields of agriculture, farming, technologies, policies, etc., meet, share and exchange their valuable expertise in the particular areas of research with each other.
Dr. Singh highlighted that besides organizing the technical sessions, Kisan Goshthi, discussions, etc., the Agricultural Mela will set-up various stalls to sell the new PUSA Basmati Rice Seeds and various other horticultural and floricultural flora, etc.
Shri Sushil Kumar, Additional Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR); Dr. Anand Kumar Singh, DDG (Horticultural Science); Dr. Joykrushna Jena, DDG (Fisheries Science); Dr. Narendra Singh Rathore, DDG (Agricultural Education); Shri Bimbadhar Pradhan, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor (DARE/ICAR); Dr. J.P. Sharma, Joint Director (Extension), IARI and Dr. Shiv Prasad Kimothi, ADG (TC) also marked their presence and spoke on the occasion.
The various farmers and scientists were also felicitated during the inaugural session of the Krishi Vigyan Mela - 2019.
Spread over an acre of land, the three-day long agricultural Mela will depict the plethora of vivid technologies, techniques and machineries necessary for a farmer’s agricultural fields. Along with this, the farmers’ will also be attended and provided with the prompt solutions to the various agricultural and production-related queries and problems.
The various stalls to display and sell the vegetables, flowers, farm-equipments, seeds of high yielding varieties of crops, saplings and seedlings by IARI and other public and private organizations, soil and water testing facility, etc., will also be put-up.
This year, the main attraction of the Mela will be the Farm Women Empowerment. Keeping in line with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision to empower the women groups involved in agriculture and farming, the Mela will depict various schemes being announced by the central government to realize the aim.
(Source: Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture, New Delhi)
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