New IT minister for decisive tech interventions in farming
Ministers participated in 93rd Foundation Day of ICAR
Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) celebrated its 93rd foundation day virtually on 16
th July, in which a digital platform to facilitate farmers to get ‘right information at right time’ in their desired language was launched.
As part of the celebration, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav jointly launched ‘Kisan Sarathi’, a digital platform for farmers.
Tomar also announced awards in various categories and released the publications of ICAR in the presence of Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala, Union MoS for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Kailash Choudhary and Ms. Shobha Karandlaje.
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New Delhi: Taking forward the ever-growing partnership in agriculture between Israel and India, the two governments have agreed to enhance their cooperation in agriculture and signed a three-year work program agreement for development in Agriculture cooperation, while affirming the ever-growing bilateral partnership and recognizing the centrality of agriculture and water sectors in the bilateral relationship.
India and Israel are implementing the “INDO-ISRAEL Agricultural Project Centres of Excellence” and “INDO-ISRAEL Villages of Excellence”.
MIDH, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare, Government of India, and MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation – are leading Israel’s largest G2G cooperation, with 29 operational Centres of Excellence (COEs) across India in 12 States, implementing Advanced-Intensive agriculture farms with Israeli Agro-Technology tailored to local conditions. The Centres of Excellence generate knowledge,