Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 20: SKUAST-Jammu in collaboration with ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming System Research, Modipuram, is organizing four-day Biennial Workshop of AICRP -Integrated Farming System at Chatha campus from today.
More than 140 scientists from 23 States and 2 union territories covering all the agro-climatic regions of the country and renowned dignitaries from ICAR and other august bodies are attending the workshop.
In his inaugural address, Prof P K Sharma, Vice Chancellor SKUAST-Jammu, said that need of the hour is to double the income of the farmer and mitigate the ill effects of climate change and for that matter adoption of Integrated farming system approach is the only answer which will make our farming profitable, thereby provide livelihood security to small and marginal farmers.
He expressed pleasure that the scientists of SKUAST-Jammu are the part of this noble research programme and revealed that the IFS model on one ha of land realized a profit of Rs 3.04 lakhs as compared to Rs 0.80-0.90 lakhs profit under farmers practice.
Dr S Baskar, Assistant Director General (AAFCC) ICAR, informed that Government of India was concentrating on various schemes for doubling of farmers income through soil health, more from less resources (input use efficiency), `har khet ko pani’ (water management) `har med Pad’ (Agro forestry), `National Gokul Mission etc.
Dr A S Panwar, Director, ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram, who presided over the function, informed that 84 percent of farm households in India have crop and dairy together but their recycling was very low (<25 percent .
Dr Jag Paul Sharma, Director Research, hoped that the four-day deliberations will go in a long way to bring some valuable futuristic research needs and also will help to boost its adoption strategies at farmers level.
About twenty one publications written by various scientists from different centres of this group across the country were released during the programme.
Dr. Dileep Kachroo, Organising Secretary and leader of IFS group SKUAST-J, presented vote of thanks
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