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| ICAR Workshop for Western Himalayan Region held | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 4: In a new initiative of the Government of India, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) organized one day brainstorming workshop for Agro-climatic Zone -1 of Western Himalayan Region states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J). On the directives from the Prime Minister, Narinder Modi, the brainstorming workshops are to be organized all over India in different agro-climatic zones to address the technological support, extension and demonstration service to farmers and to formulate roadmaps to provide the technological interventions and extension services.
Dr. N. K. Krishan Kumar, Deputy Director General (Horticultural Science), ICAR chaired the workshop in which vice-chancellor of SKUAST-Jammu Dr. Pradeep K. Sharma and vice-chancellor CSKHPKVV, Palampur, Dr. K K Katoch participated. On this occasion background note on Agroclimatic Zone-1 was released for discussion. Dr. P. K. Mishra, Director Indian Institute of Soil Water Conservation, Dehradun presented the background note of the workshop to initiate the discussion.
Dr Krishan Kumar, DDG stressed upon need for identifying micronutrient deficiencies and developing formulations for foliar application especially in horticultural crops. Dr Kumar hoped that the workshop shall prove useful and especially the farmers feedback received in the meeting will be helpful in formulating roadmap for growth of agriculture and allied sectors. He laid emphasis on strengthening KVKs and use of ICTs like mobile technology for dissemination of innovations to farmers. |
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