The Regional Centre of Organic Farming (RCOF) here organised a 7-day-long online training programme on organic farming from July 6 to 12. Former Chief Secretary BK Pattnaik had inaugurated the event.
During the sessions, experts hailing from eminent institutions of India including NER delivered talks and shared their years of experience in organic farming. On the valedictory day, several eminent personalities including Chief Executive Officer, NRAA, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Dr Ashok Dalwai, OUAT VC Dr Pawan Kumar Agrawal, Padamshri Prof Radha Mohan and Padamshri Bharat Bhushan graced, providing useful insights of the topic.
VC Agrawal highlighted on the overall maintenance of soil health and not terming biological waste as “waste” and to convert it into supplement to enhance the productivity and fertility of soil.
Padamshri Bharat Bhusanji stressed upon the dissemination of knowledge of different aspects of organic farming. Prof Radhamohan opined that a healthy mind comes from a healthy body which needs healthy food which comes from healthy plant which need healthy soil to grow upon.
Dr Ashok Dalwai talked about the present status and the anticipation from agriculture sector. He said at any cost productivity cannot be compromised as there is a big question of food security in the country. So researchers and farmers need to come up with alternative ideas of reducing the chemical load from yield without disturbing the productivity.
21 lectures were presented online to 75 participants from Odisha and West Bengal.