Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited the ICAR-CIFA (Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture) on Saturday and inaugurated the 23rd zonal workshop of all KVKs under Zone-7.
He visited the Agri Business Incubation Center and discussed with aquaculture entrepreneurs of the State. He also witnessed the harvesting of Jayanti Rohu and many other species like catla, catfish, murrel, freshwater prawn and fish feed mill.
Pradhan interacted with scientists where ICAR CIFA Director Dr P Jayasankar made a presentation on promising technology available in the CIFA for better income of farming communities.
A zonal exhibition was also inaugurated on the occasion which was organised by the KVKS. The workshop highlighted the success stories of the KVKs in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.
Pradhan launched a web-portal on Management Information System of the KVK.
He mentioned about the significance of the KVK and how the KVK can transform the lives of farming communities through innovative approaches.
He proposed to fund the Agricultural Universities of three States worth of Rs 2 crore each on a pilot scale project on conversion of Bio Gas to bio- fuel.
He also encouraged the farmers to use the space of 55,000 petrol pump across the country for knowledge dissemination. Some farmers were felicitated for their innovative farming skills.
DDG, Agricultural Exension, Dr AK Singh explained the objective of the workshop.
OUAT VC Dr S Pasupalak spoke on vision of the OUAT.