A lecture on the Glorious journey of Indian Agriculture and Millets delivered by ICAR-CCARI at the 8th India International Science Festival-2023

 

    A lecture on ‘Glorious Journey of Indian Agriculture: Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” was delivered by Dr. Parveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa, on 20th April 2023 at an 8th International Science Film Festival, Panaji, Goa. Vidnyan Parishad Goa organized the SCIFFI 2023 at Panaji during 18-20 April 2023. In his lecture, he discussed the growth of Indian agriculture and allied sectors after independence. As a part of the International Year of Millets 2023, he highlighted the health benefits of adding millets to our food plate, besides low water-requiring and climate-resilient crops. Two hundred students, scientists, and teachers from different schools and organizations in North Goa and South Goa, Goa attended the lecture. ICAR – Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute and ICAR- Krishi Vigyan Kendra, North Goa, Goa, also participated in the SCIFFI-2023. Shri Nilesh Cabral, Hon’ble Minister for PWD, Govt. of Goa, inaugurated the festival. He appealed to students to learn and get enriched by the knowledge through the exhibition and interaction. The ICAR-CCARI and KVK exhibited the Millets and its value-added products, technologies, and crop varieties of the Institute to benefit the students and visitors and make them aware of the same. School students, teachers, and visitors from the state of Goa visited the stall and actively explored the exhibits on millets and Institute technologies. The total of 4,500 persons visited the institute exhibition. Through the lecture and exhibition, an awareness of agriculture and millets was imparted to the students and visitors.