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Farmers? congress from February 21
THE EIGHTH Indian agricultural scientists and farmers? congress will be organised jointly by Bioved Research and Communication Centre, Allahabad and Banaras Hindu University on February 21 and 22 at BHU, Varanasi.
THE EIGHTH Indian agricultural scientists and farmers’ congress will be organised jointly by Bioved Research and Communication Centre, Allahabad and Banaras Hindu University on February 21 and 22 at BHU, Varanasi.
Senior scientists of various disciplines of agriculture and farmers will discuss the development scenario as well as emerging issues in the agricultural sector.
Dr BK Dwivedi, director Bioved Research Institute and organising secretary of the congress, dwelt at length on the aims and objectives of the congress and said that the congress intended to outline effective measures and strategies for sustainable and balanced development of agriculture so that achievements of agricultural research percolated to the farming community.
Delegates from various parts of the country will discuss the problems in the agricultural sector such as soil degredation, environmental pollution, food security, non-sustainable agricultural practices, agricultural trade reforms, depletion of groundwater and problems emerging from sanitary and phytosanitary measures and Intellectual Property Right provisions of theWTO.The scientists will also define various measures to raise the profitability of agriculture as a large number of farmers intend to quit farming due to non-profitability. The focus of the congress will be on dissemination of information about the advancements made by agricultural scientists and farmers in agriculture and allied activities such as crop production, animal husbandry, fisheries,dairying, bio-technology, genetics and plant breeding, horticulture and food processing.
The inaugural session will be held on February 21 at 10.30 am at KN Uduppa Auditorium, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, presided over by BHU vice-chancellor Dr Panjab Singh. UP Minister of State for Electronics, Information Technology and Public Enterprises Virendra Singh will deliver the inaugural address. Horticulture Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India Dr ML Choudhary will deliver the keynote address. Former V-C, University of Allahabad, Dr RP Mishra, Adviser, Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India, Dr Seema Wahab, V-C Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Dr KN Singh Yadav, V-C, Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya Dr G Singh, and Adviser DSIR, Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI, Dr Prem Sagar, will also address the inaugural session.
