Agriculture Education Day was observed at Central Soil & Water Conservation Research & Training Institute, Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) on Tuesday. In this function 74 students and three teachers from Kendriya Vidyalaya, ONGC and IMA had participated.
Dr PK Mishra, Director of the Institute highlighted the importance of Natural Resource Management, Water Harvesting, Water Use Efficiency and Agriculture Education for achieving sustainability in agriculture and meeting the growing food demand of teeming population of this country. Dr RC Jakhmola, Dr GP Juyal, Dr OP Chaturvedi and Dr NK Sharma, Heads of Divisions of the Institute, spoke on various avenues of Agriculture Education and numerous job opportunities that are available in this country and abroad.
On this occasion participants were exposed to the various land degradation processes and their mitigation measures through a documentary film show and a visit to the museumof the institute conducted by Suresh Kumar, RoopakTandon and DK Tomar. In addition, 4thissue of Institute Newsletter was also released. This programme was coordinated by Dr DV Singh, Principal Scientist (Soils) and ended with vote of thanks by the coordinator.