National Webinar on “Alleviating Malnutrition and Promoting Gender Equity through Rural Poultry Production in India” organized
National Webinar on “Alleviating Malnutrition and Promoting Gender Equity through Rural Poultry Production in India” organized

3rd February, 2021, Bhubaneswar

The ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha organized a National Webinar on Alleviating Malnutrition and Promoting Gender Equity through Rural Poultry Production in India” today.

In his inaugural address, Dr. P.S. Pandey, ADG (EP&HS), ICAR emphasized on the importance of rural poultry for enhancing the income and promoting the empowerment of women. He urged to make the backyard poultry as an integral component of Scheduled Caste Sub Plan and Tribal Sub Plan Programmes of ICAR.

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In his address, Dr. S.K. Srivastava, Director, ICAR-CIWA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha emphasized that the poultry represents an important system to feed the fast growing human population of the developing countries like India. He stressed on promoting and implementing the long term planning to make rural poultry production a sustainable way for food and nutrition security at both the household and community levels.

More than 110 participants from 20 states across the country virtually attended the Webinar.

(Source: ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha)

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