A national symposium will be held during Krishi Mahotsav on climate change, its effects and precautionary methods at Gwalior on June 13 and 14. Eminent subject experts of the country and State will participate in it. The symposium will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Union Minister of Steel and Mining Narendra Singh will also be present.
‘Climate Change and Smart Agriculture Technologies’ is the topic of the national symposium to be held at Rajmata Vijay Raje Scindia Agriculture University, Gwalior. Apart from inaugural sessions, the symposium will have 6 other sessions. On the first day June 13, Deputy Director General of ICAR, New Delhi AK Sikka will chair the session ‘Climate Change and Climatic Variability – Causes and Consequences on Agricultural Production’ where UM Rao, Project Coordinator, AICRP on Agro-met, CRIDA, Hyderabad will deliver lecture on ‘Current and Projected Climate Change for India’, RK Bhatt, Director CAZRI, Jodhpur on ‘Impact of Climate Change on Arid Region Agriculture’, BP Bhatt, Director ICAR, Research Complex for Eastern Region on ‘Impact of Climate Change on Eastern India Agriculture’, SV Nagachan, Director ICAR, Research Complex for NEH Region on ‘Impact of Climate Change on North-East Agriculture’ and KM Bujarbaruah, vice chancellor, Assam Agriculture University on ‘Impact of Climate Change in the livestock Sector’.
In the technical session, discussions will be held on ‘Climate Smart Technologies to Mitigate Climatic Adversities’. The session will be presided over by vice-chancellor of VNVK University B Venkateswarlu where PK Agrawal, Regional Programme leader, CCAFS, IWMI, New Delhi will deliver lecture on ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’, Ml Jat of CIMMYT, New Delhi on ‘Conservation Agriculture for Managing the Adversity of Climate Change’, KK Singh, Director, CIAE, Bhopal on ‘Agriculture Mechanisation for Minimising the Risk of Climate Change’, AK Sikka, Deputy Director General, ICAR, New Delhi on ‘Managing Climate Change through Integrated Watershed Development’, VP Singh, Senior Advisor Policy and Impact, Regional Centre for South Asia, New Delhi on ‘Agro Forestry System for Managing the Climate Risks’, C Devakumar, FAO, TCDC Consultant, New Delhi on ‘Pest Management in Changing Climate Scenario’, VS Rathore, CAZRI, Jodhpur on “Improving Water Productivity Towards Smart Agriculture’ and NS Nathawat, CAZRI, Jodhpur on ‘Physiological Approaches for Improving Crop Productivity in Climate Change’.