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 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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GUWAHATI: The ICAR – Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CIFRI), Guwahati Regional Centre organized an online awareness programme on Ecosystem-based management for beel fishers of Assam on Saturday.
The programme was organized in collaboration with the Assam Fisheries Development Corporation (AFDC) Ltd. to observe the National Fish Farmers Day, 2021.
Over 558 beel lessees, fishers, fishers co-operative society members and AFDC s field officials participated in the online programme. Dr D. Debnath, Sr. Scientist, ICAR-CIFRI, Guwahati Regional Centre welcomed the participants and dignitaries.
Dr B. K. Das, Director, ICAR – CIFRI, Barrackpore spoke about the significance of the National Fish Farmers Day and the efforts made by ICAR–CIFRI, Barrackpore for providing R&D support to the development of beel fisheries of Assam through its Guwahati Regional Centre.
The Union government is expecting an increase in demand from the farm sector and is making arrangements to supply seeds, fertilizers and pesticides in the required amounts.