Orissa Krushak Samaj (OKS) president Purna Chandra Mohanty was felicitated with the Jagjivan Ram Abhinav Kisan Puraskar for innovative farming practices by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh in New Delhi on July 29 on the occasion of the 86th foundation day of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
Mohanty, a popular leader of the farming community in the States like Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, has also developed various pesticides using neem leaves, roots and other wild leaves, ash dust, lime, etc.He has also constructed greenhouses by using local resources and developed battery-operated insect trappers and disseminated the technologies to local farmers.