CSIR-CIMAP organised a Kisan Gosthi (farmers’ meet) supported by State Medicinal Plants Board of Uttarakhand Government at its CIMAP Research Centre, Purara located near Baijnath, Garur block in which about 80 farmers hailing from different districts of Uttarakhand participated.
Welcoming the farmers and guests, A K Tripathi, Director, CSIR-CIMAP, called upon the farmers to adopt improved technologies and plant varieties of medicinal plants developed by CSIR-CIMAP for higher profit per unit area and time.
Prof Tripathi said that cultivation and value addition in medicinal plants have the potential for generation of employment opportunities in rural areas. He further said that CIMAP has planned to host such meets and trainings for the farmers of Uttarakhand at regular intervals with the support of SMPB.
The farmers were also addressed by lalit Farswan, MlA (Kapkot), Chandan Ram Das MlA (Garur), M S Gosain of SMPB, Dehradun, RK Yadav of CAP, Dehradun. Uma of KVK Gwaldam, ID Bhatt of GBPHIED, Kosi Katarmal, lalit Agarwal a Jari buti Trader, Bela Negi of leaf Bird Foundation besides officials from Agriculture Department.
CIMAP scientists JR Bahl, VKS Tomar, Alok Kalra, Sanjay Kumar, AK Mathur, l Rahman, Rajesh Verma, Manoj Semwal, Anand Singh Bist, AS Negi, Sudip Tandon and ex-scientist AK Singh also interacted with the participants.