National conference on Innovation in Traditional Practices for the Cultivation of Fruits, Vegetables and Plantation crops
National conference on Innovation in Traditional Practices for the Cultivation of Fruits, Vegetables and Plantation crops
National conference on “Innovation in Traditional Practices for the Cultivation of Fruits, Vegetables and Plantation crops” was organized by Asian Agri-History Foundation (AAHF) in collaboration with ICAR-ICAR Research complex for Goa during 11th to 12th December, 2014. Many researchers from different parts of the country contributed their expertise and presented research papers on innovations in traditional practices in the field of agriculture. The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Y.L.Nene, a well known plant protection scientist in the country and Retd. Justice V.S. Dave was the guest of honor. Dr. N.P. Singh, Director, ICAR-ICAR Research complex for Goa was the chairman of the organizing committee for the conference. The conference was organised to arrive on focal areas to promote and popularize traditional practices in the agricultural field. There were discussions on “Region-wise Information on Traditional Agricultural Practices, Yogic Agriculture, Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity, Indigenous Technical Knowledge in various aspects like General Agricultural Practices, Biological Disease Management, Local Germplasm Conservation, Traditional Processing Methods in Agriculture and Preservation of Indigenous Technical Knowledge. The conference was concluded with suggestions and recommendations for maintaining and improving the knowledge on these traditional practices for the cultivation of agricultural crops. The recommendations were focused on modernizing and fine tuning ancient traditional techniques for sustainable and eco-friendly agriculture.