3rd March, 2019, Gorakhpur
Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Shri Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, jointly inaugurated the Poorwanchal Kisan Mela and Krishi Pradarshani organized by Mahayogi Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gorakhpur today.
The Kisan Mela and Krishi Pradarshani were organized in collaboration with the ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh from 2nd to 3rd March - 2019.
The Administrative Building of Mahayogi Gorakhnath Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gorakhpur was also inaugurated by the dignitaries.
In his inaugural address, the Chief Guest, Shri Radha Mohan Singh urged the farmers to get benefited by the various agricultural schemes being announced by the central government. Keeping the changes the climatic regime in mind, the Minister urged for promoting the intercropping and mixed cropping system for minimizing the risk of crop loss. Shri Singh also urged that the animal rearing and organic farming must go hand-in-hand. He emphasized that the protected cultivation technology may prove to be the boon for the small holders to grow the off-season vegetables and maximize the income generated from agricultural. The Minister also briefed about the various salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana.
Shri Yogi Adityanath said that the Krishi Vigyan Kendras are the innovative institutions at the district level. Therefore, there is a need to up-scale its benefits for the large number of farmers of the district. The Chief Minister accentuated on organizing a large number of awareness campaigns at the village level in order to help the farmers get benefited from them. Shri Yogi urged the farmers to get benefited from the various beneficiary schemes that are aimed for the upliftment and improve the farmers’ income at least by two folds.
Shri Surya Pratap Shahi, Minister of Agriculture, Agricultural Education & Research, Government of Uttar Pradesh accentuated that farmers who are using improved agricultural technologies are getting the enhanced production. He also stated lack of remunerative price to such farmers leads to the discouragement in adopting improved technologies. The Minister stressed upon the inter-department and institutional convergence at the district level to arrange marketing facilities, input procurement and ensure the related logistics.
Shri Fateh Bahadur Singh, Member of Legislative Assembly underlined the Kisan Mela’s role and briefed about the government’s schemes launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the benefits of farmers.
Dr. A.K. Singh, DDG (Agricultural Extension), ICAR, New Delhi briefed the significant roles of Krishi Vigyan Kendras in demonstrating and popularizing the location specific technologies and capacity building of farmers, farm-women and other stakeholders Dr. Singh also advocated the crop rotation including pulses, addition of manures and other macro/micro-nutrients on a sustainable basis.
Dr. Atar Singh, Director, ICAR-ATARI, Kanpur applauded the KVK Team for their effective coordination. He also suggested to ensure their visibility in the district in the most possible manner.
(Source: ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur)
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