Shri Narendra Singh Tomar virtually launches ICAR-IARI Campus at Dirpai Chapori, Gogamukh, Assam 25th September, 2020, Assam Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare virtually launches the Campus of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Dirpai Chapari, Gogamukh, Assam today.   The Union Minister highlighted the pioneer roles played by the agricultural scientists and farmers to make the country to be self-reliant in the fields of food grains and various other crops. Shri Tomar emphasized on the country’s efforts to retain its first position in best quality of pulses, oilseeds and milk production. He also stressed on the practice of climate-friendly farming to achieve the targets of doubling the farmers’ income. Underling the various farmers’ friendly schemes being initiated by the Government of India, Shri Tomar stressed that the formation 10,000 new Farmers’ Producers’ Organizations will play a pivotal...

The Hamirpur District of Bundelkhand region being known as the Bowl of Pulses lacks the irrigation facilities due rainfall deficit recorded in the region continuously. Only 27.7% lands of the District are irrigated, remaining 72.3 % lands come under Rainfed situation. The Canals being the main source of irrigation causes physiological wilt in the pulse crop. The situations have a great scope of water saving irrigation methods, viz., sprinkler and drip irrigation system. Keeping the points in mind, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kurara, Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh demonstrated the irrigation systems in Hamirpur District of Uttar Pradesh for maximizing the irrigation water use efficiency and avoiding the losses of pulse production due to physiological wilt.     The KVK team analyzed the situations as the farmers engaged in pulse production gave flood irrigation, while the pulse crops required light irrigation at critical stages of crops to produce greater yield as per varietal...

An initiative to achieve the goals of nutritional security in the country - Union Minister, Shri Tomar The Krishi Vigyan Kendras across the country distributed the Nutrition Kits to the Anganwadi workers. More than 700 through KVKs are playing an important role through the Nutri Gardens. 17th September, 2020, New Delhi Observing the Rashtriya Poshan Maah to celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of the Poshan Abhiyan and the Birthday of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, the Krishi Vigyan Kendras across the country distributed I Lakh Nutrition Kits to Anganwadi Workers here today. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare regarded the distribution of “Nutrition Kits” and starting of “Nutrition Smart Villages” by the ICAR along with its more than 700 KVKs across the country as the pioneer step in helping the Government to eradicate the problem of malnutrition from the country. Shri Tomar was addressing the Poshan Abhiyaan - 2020...

The team of scientists from the ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru in collaboration with the ICAR-All India Network Project on Soil Arthropod Pests, Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Durgapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan successfully controlled the White grubs Holotrichia consanguinea with slow release pheromone nanoformulations. The team conducted the field trials at the RARI, Durgapur, Jaipur and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Maulasar, Nagaur, AU, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), an important oilseed and supplementary food crop of the world is infested by more than 100 insect-pests right from planting stage to its storage. The annual yield loss in the groundnut due to insect-pests is approximately 15%, that is, 1.6 million tonnes of produce worth Rs 25,165 million. Among the pests, soil pest are more important. The White grubs or root grubs, the soil inhabiting and root feeding immature stages of scarab...

जय किसान, जय विज्ञान और जय अनुसंधान जब एक साथ एक मंच पर मिलकर काम करेंगे तो कृषि क्षेत्र में उन्‍नत बदलाव संभव हो पाएगा: प्रधानमंत्री माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेन्‍द्र मोदी ने आज डॉ. राजेन्‍द्र प्रसाद केन्‍द्रीय कृषि विश्‍वविद्यालय, पूसा, बिहार के नवनिर्मित कृषि व्‍यवसाय एवं ग्रामीण प्रबंधन संस्‍थान का डिजिटल उद़़घाटन किया जो सभी आधुनिक सुविधाओं से सुसज्जित है। साथ ही विश्‍वविद्यालय स्थित अंतर्राष्‍ट्रीय अतिथि गृह, छात्रावास एवं खेल स्‍टेडियम का शिलान्‍यास भी किया । उन्‍होंने आज वीडियो कॉन्‍फेंसिୣग के जरिए प्रधानमंत्री मत्‍स्‍य संपदा योजना,(पीएमएमएसवाई) तथा ई-गोपाला एप्‍प का शुभारंभ किया।        इस अवसर पर प्रधानमंत्री ने प्रसन्‍नता व्‍यक्‍त की कि बिहार राज्‍य में कृषि तकनीकी के साथ-साथ कृषि व्‍यवसाय एवं ग्रामीण प्रबंधन शिक्षा का भी विस्‍तार हो रहा है। गोवंश वृदिध, मत्‍स्‍य उत्‍पादन, उद्यान एवं वानिकी में  अनुसंधान एवं विकास के लिए संस्‍थानों की शुरूआत हुई है। नई सदी के लिए, देश के गांवों में खाद्य प्रसंस्‍करण, अनुसंधान एवं उद्योगों की स्‍थापना...