ICAR- CCARI, Goa celebrates 94^th ICAR Foundation Day @AKAM

ICAR- CCARI, Goa and ICAR-KVK, North Goa organized web casting programme on the eve of 94^th ICAR foundation day at Surla village under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Mr. Gopal Surlekar, Zilla Panchayath member and chief guest, congratulated the ICAR team on conducting the awareness programme in Surla village, and urged farmers to take full advantage of the various training programmes organized at ICAR-CCARI, Goa. Mrs. Sunetra Talualikar (SMS, Home Science & Senior Scienist and Head I/C, KVK) educated the attendees about the need of secondary agriculture for sustainability. She also emphasized the need of creating value-added goods from locally accessible fruits such as jackfruit and kokum in order to boost the local economy and also said that due to the sincere efforts of ICAR-CCARI and ICAR-KVK, North Goa, state of Goa is heading towards Atmanirbhar and Swayampurna in the field of agriculture. Dr. Monica Suresh Singh (SMS, Agri. Extension) greeted all participants and provided a brief presentation on organic farming, kitchen gardens, and other training programmes offered by ICAR-CCARI and ICAR-KVK, North Goa. Mr. Rahul Kulkarni (Assistant Chief Technical Officer, Soil Science) discussed on soil sampling, soil testing, the importance of organic farming, jeevamruth, and vermicompost.  A group of 75 progressive women farmers including various self-help groups participated in this programme. The participants were given seed kits for promoting nutrition garden. Mr. Vishwajeet Prajapati (Technical officer, Computer) provided technical advice, while Mrs. Shishira D (SRF, NICRA) proposed vote of thanks.