BIENNIAL WORKSHOP OF AICRP ON INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEMS (16-19 November 2012)
A biennial Workshop of AICRP on Integrated Framing Systems was held at ICAR - CCARI, Old Goa during 16 - 19 November, 2012. The workshop was inaugurated by Hon’ble Member of Parliament, North Goa, Shri. Shripad Yesso Naik, Thirty One Co-ordinated Centres including State Agricultural Universities and ICAR Institutes participated in the workshop.
Dr. N. P. Singh, Director of ICAR Research Complex for Goa welcoming the delegates for the biennial workshop highlighted the importance of integrated farming systems in the predominant small and marginal holdings of the region.
Dr B. Gangwar, Project Director, Project Directorate for Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut in his introductory remarks highlighted the major concern for livelihood security and sustainability of millions of small and marginal farm households, who are struggling with ever declining operational holding size coupled with rampant escalation of production costs.
Honourable Member of Parliament, North Goa. Shri. Shripadji Yesso Naik called for the fruitful transfer of technology from Scientists to the farmers. He also emphasized the need for integrated farming systems in the present agricultural scenario.
The Biennial workshop was conducted in seven technical sessions starting with pre-workshop review of on-going programmes followed by formulation of new technical programmes for both on-farm and on-station in farming system perspective. All the on-farm experiments have been transformed into farming system mode. Special session on invited lectures on focal themes were also formed part of the workshop. The recommendations for the various ongoing programmers of the project were finalized in the plenary session.
In all bout 100 delegates representing different State Agricultural Universities and ICAR Institutes participated in the workshop.
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