Flood being a natural disaster emerges as a severe challenge to the global agriculture and poses a threat to the food security. Bihar and Odisha account for about 12.7% and 4.2% of the total flood prone area of the country (40 Million / ha), respectively. Muzaffarpur and East Champaran Districts of Bihar and Puri District of Odisha are extremely susceptible to the floods due to the extreme climatic rainfall events, poor drainage and breaching of river embankment. The flood water remains in the agricultural fields for 6 to 15 days causing severe damage to the Kharif crops, mainly rice.      The ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar in collaboration with ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna and International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo  initiated a research study in the Year - 2017 on “Enhancing agriculture resilience in flood-prone areas of Bihar and Odisha through post-flood crop management and index based flood...

Shri Ningthoujam Ingocha Singh S/o (L) Shri N. Kamdebo Singh, a 55 Years old farmer of Kumbi Terakha Village of Bishnupur District attended an Off-Campus training programme organized by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bishnupur District, Manipur during the early period of the Year - 2018-19.   After attending the training programmes, Shri Ingocha applied the scientific technologies for the cultivation of various crops on his inherited 0.5 ha of land. Besides, practicing the cultivation of seasonal vegetables, he was also interested in production of cruciferous vegetables. In addition to the cultivation of cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Knolkhol, broad-leaf mustard, etc., Shri Ingocha also introduced the scientific cultivation methods of potato with demonstration in his farm. With the proper application of his gained knowledge and improved skill, he could enhance the yield of different horticultural crops to a greater extent. At present, he has a model “Integrated Vegetable...

Owing to immediate need for diversification for increased adoptability and profitability of cage culture, ICAR-CIFRI has studied feasibility of several commercially important indigenous fish species and developed their production technology in ICAR-CIFRI model cages installed in reservoirs.     Successful demonstration and harvest of high value butter catfish, Ompok bimaculatus commonly known as pabda and minor carp Labeo bata locally known as bata was successfully cultured to market size in cages at Maithon reservoir, Jharkhand. Stunted fingerlings of O. bimaculatus (8.05±1.56) were cultured in varying stocking densities (15 to 35Nos.m-3) in cages (4mx4mx2m). Average size of 50-62g was achieved with more than 80% survival in seven months of culture period. Total 150kg of fishes were harvested. Labeo bata (6.18±1.32g) was cultured in varying densities (50 to 100Nos.m-3) in cages (5mx5mx3m). After 6 months of culture period average weight of 45-52g with survival of...

The prime source of livelihood of the Nicobarese, a dominant tribe among the tribes living in Andaman & Nicobar Islands is based on the plantation crops, such as, coconut and fishing. Their cultivation practices are unique and entirely different from the other farming community. The people lives in joint family system and adopt the “Tuhet” Garden System (a joint family farming system where the land owned by community and the resources and outputs are shared) for cultivating the Tuber and other crops.     The ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (CIARI) has initiated an effort for imparting the scientific knowledge on the Tuber Crops based farming system at the tribal village Harminder Bay in Little Andaman through the participatory mode under the All India Coordinated Research Project on Tuber Crops. The village has 15 tuhets with an average area of 0.44 ha per tuhet garden. The Institute selected 10 tribal farmers to conduct the tuber crop based...

The adequate availability of green fodder impacts the general as well as reproductive health of livestock, their milk and the economics of dairy enterprise. The green fodder is being cultivated only on 8.4 million hectares (5.23%) of cropping area in India. Considering the season-wise total crop sown area, the fodder crops occupied only 1.02%, 1.54% and 0.78% in Rabi (3,384 hectares), Kharif (5,113 hectares) and Zaid (2,593 hectares), respectively during the Year - 2013-14 in Bareilly District of Uttar Pradesh, whereas, the total livestock population of the District is 1,125,743, as per the 19th Livestock census in the Year - 2012 that indicates the wide gap between the livestock and availability of green fodder.     Considering the problem of green fodder in Bareilly District, the ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar implemented the intensive promotional activities in Year - 2017 for popularizing the Bajra Napier Hybrid (B-N Hybrid) to make the farmers...