Reports on Capacity Building

ICAR-Sponsored 10-day Short Course on “Recent advances in processing technologies for Value addition of jute and allied fibers” was inaugurated in ICAR-National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology, Kolkata on 11th December 2017.

ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad organised an ICAR sponsored 21-day winter school programme on “Advanced Analytics in Developing Market Intelligence” from 14^th November to 04^th December 2017.

ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur in collaboration with the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development organized a National Symposium on “Pulses for nutritional security and agricultural sustainability to commemorate the Golden Jubilee Year of Pulses Research in India at IIPR, Kanpur during December 2-4, 2017.

7th December 2017, Jodhpur

A two-day Training on Production Technology of Rabi Oilseeds (7-8th December, 2017) for Nodal Officers of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) of Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi under National Mission on Oilseed and Oil palm (NMOOP) has been inaugurated at ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Jodhpur today.

The FAO/ICAR-CIFRI workshop on “Fish passage design at cross-river obstacles – experience from different countries, with potential relevance to India”, is being organised at ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Kolkata from 29th November 2017 – 1st December 2017.

ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Udhagamandalam organized 2-1 day Winter School on “Advanced Technologies in Natural Resource Management to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts” from 9th - 29th November, 2017. The event was sponsored by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.

30th November 2017, New Delhi

ICAR-Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture (DKMA) and Informatics publishing Ltd. (J-Gate) jointly organized one-day training and awareness programme for Library Incharges and Nodal Officers, CeRA of ICAR Institutes and SAUs of Northern region.

A three-day programme on ‘Capacity Building of Home Science Experts’ was jointly organized by ICAR-ATARI, Pune and KVK, Jalna at Jalna during 27-29 November, 2017.

A Brainstorming Workshop on “Converting Extreme Rainfall Events into Opportunities” was organized by ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar in collaboration with Indian Society of Water Management (Odisha Chapter) at ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar on 22^nd November.

The Farmers’ FIRST initiative has been launched by ICAR to move beyond the production and productivity; to privilege the smallholder agriculture; and complex, diverse and risk prone realities of majority of the farmers through enhancing farmers-scientists interface. The acronym “Farmer FIRST” means the farmers’ Farm, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology (FIRST). The basic concept is that the farmer will be in a centric role for research problem identification, prioritization, conduct of experiments and its management in farmers’ field conditions.