26th August, 2021, Patna
The ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar organized a National Seminar on “Rice-fallow Management in Eastern India” today.
In his inaugural address, the Chief Guest, Dr. Ramesh Chandra Srivastava, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar stressed on the need for redefining and sub-dividing the rice-fallow areas based on the amount of annual rainfall received. He also urged for separate technological interventions to each such sub-division of rice-fallow areas in eastern India.
The Guest of Honor, Dr. R.K. Sohane, Director (Extension Education), Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar opined that rice-fallow areas of eastern India held potential for contributing significantly to food and nutritional security in the eastern regions.
Earlier, in his welcome address, Dr. Ujjwal Kumar, Director, ICAR-RCER, Patna, Bihar briefed about the importance of rice-fallow management for improving the socio-economic condition of the farming community of the Eastern Regions of the country.

Delivering the Lecture on “Enhancing pulses production from rice-fallows areas: Strategies & policies”, Dr. S.K. Chaturvedi, Dean (Agriculture), RLBCAU, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh suggested the technological interventions for realizing the sustainable crop intensification by including short duration, high-yielding varieties of pulses like chickpea, lentil, grass pea, pea, green gram and black gram.
In his Lecture on “Oilseeds production in rice-fallows: A perspective”, Dr. P.K. Rai, Director, ICAR-Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan outlined the Government of India’s various Schemes that are aimed at promoting the oilseeds production in rice-fallow agro-ecology of eastern India.
In his Lecture on “Agronomic interventions for crop intensification in rice-fallow areas”, Dr. J.S. Mishra, Director, ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh underlined the possible agronomic interventions based on his own research performed for improving the productivity of rice-fallow areas in Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Deliberating on “Water management in rice-fallow production system”, Dr. K.G. Mandal, Director, ICAR-Mahatma Gandhi Integrated Farming Research Institute, Motihari, Bihar emphasized on the delineation of rice-fallow areas, development of water harvesting structures and Integrated Farming System Modules for improving the livelihood of farmers in rice-fallow areas of eastern India.
The Seminar aimed at creating awareness about the technological interventions and adoption to bring about the sustainable crop intensification in rice-fallow areas of eastern India registered a total participation by 405 participants from 26 States of India, Nepal, Germany and U.S.A.
(Source: ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar)
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