NABARD and BAU jointly organise the session
The training program of farmers organized in three phases under the joint aegis of Birsa Agricultural University (BAU) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Regional Office, Ranchi concluded today. Farmers from ten districts connected with KFW through NABARD participated in the three day training programs on innovative farming systems for sustainable agricultural development.
BAU Vice Chancellor, Dr ON Singh presided over the closing ceremony of the third and final training programme. He said that the agricultural ecology of Jharkhand state is different from other states of the country. Supply of food grains for future generations, changing agricultural environment and transfer of innovative and innovative agricultural technology according to the need of local farmers is the need of the hour. With the passage of time the technical requirements of the farmers keep on changing. Sustainable agriculture requires promoting agricultural development based on the interests of local farmers. The theme of the program to effect sustainable agricultural development by BAU in collaboration with NABARD is very relevant in today's context. In collaboration with NABARD, the university will extend all possible cooperation in running the awareness campaign. He thanked NABARD, Ranchi Regional Office for the cooperation.
On the occasion, the Chief Guest, Chief General Manager of NABARD, Ranchi, Dr Gopa Kumaran Nair thanked the University for successfully organizing three training programs sponsored by NABARD. Kumaran said that BAU and NABARD are working with the same objectives of agricultural development and farmers' interest. “This program will play an important role in promoting sustainable agricultural development by making the cultivable land of the State fertile. The main objective of which is to promote natural agriculture by increasing the fertility of the soil,” he added.
“In future also, with the cooperation of the university, awareness campaigns will be run on innovative topics of agricultural development. A large number of women are associated with the State's agricultural activities. Women farmers need to be given more priority in these campaigns,” said Kumaran.
Presenting the report of three training programs, BAU Assistant Professor, Dr Neetu Kumari said that in three
programs, a total of 175 men and 19 women from Seraikela- Kharsawan, West Singhbhum, Khunti, Dhanbad, Palamu, Giridih, Dumka, Pakur, Godda and Deoghar districts of the State participated. “The participating farmers are associated with the KFO program run in the district of NABARD. The medium of lectures, discussions, field visits, tours and quizzes were adopted in the training,” she added.
“During the training, the participating farmers were found to have a special interest in new profitable enterprises related to agriculture. Farmers expressed special interest in adopting poultry farming, pig farming, goat rearing, mushroom production, net house, poly house, organic agriculture, hi-tech horticulture and drip
irrigation technology. Banking project was consulted to adopt these enterprises. Special attention has been given to the updated information about the subsidy scheme provided by the Central and the State Governments for agricultural activities among the farmers,” said Kumari.