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Women in agriculture step together for change
On the eve of International Women ’ s Day on 08th March , an event on promoting adoption of climate smart technologies amongst women was organized at village Bastara , Karnal under the collaboration of CSSRI , ICAR with 70 women participating across 3 villages . The platform provided a ground for progressive women farmers to share their learnings under Climate smart villages ( CSVs ) with an aim to increase their productivity and
Dr Deepa Chandra , Technical Officer , KVK NDRI , Haryana emphasized on selfsustenance with women undertaking training activities organized by their institute for socio-economic upliftment of women .
Ms Suman , Progressive woman farmer from village Bastara in Karnal stated “ Linking with CIMMYT-CCAFS , I learned advanced techniques of farming , which supported better agriculture with increased productivity and profits .” Her association not only benefitted her but also motivated other women to take a step ahead and contribute in scaling of CSAPS across villages .
Crop varieties released by ICAR after 2011 be promoted in India : Experts
A Pre-Kharif Interface between Department of Agriculture , Corporation & Farmers Welfare and ICAR ( Indian Council of Agricultural Research ) was held last week in Delhi , chaired by the Secretary ( AC & FW ) and co-chaired by the Secretary ( DARE ).
The objective of Interface is to jointly identify emerging researchable areas and evolve strategies for better implementation of the schemes and programmes of the Ministry during the coming crop season . It was attended by senior officials from the Departments of Agriculture , Cooperation & Farmers Welfare ; Animal Husbandry , Dairying and Fisheries ; and ICAR / Agricultural Research and Education .
The Ministry has a well established institutional mechanism for identifying critical and contemporary issues for research and technology / farm management practices . It begins with a Zonal Conference on agricultural inputs in the month of January , wherein the Divisional Heads of Department of Agriculture , Cooperation & Farmers Welfare / Department of Animal Husbandry , Dairying & Fisheries supported by their counterpart from ICAR hold meetings with State representatives and identify critical issues .
India to establish world ’ s first all women agriculture institute in Orissa
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