For its innovation and technological advancement in farming, the Gujarat state received 'Best Agriculture Award' by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) at the '11th Global Agriculture Leadership Summit and Leadership Awards - 2018' on Wednesday, in New Delhi.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh presented the award to R C Faldu, the Gujarat agriculture minister, Sanjay Prasad, additional chief secretary - agriculture and Bharat Modi, director of agriculture, government of Gujarat.
M S Swaminathan was the chairman of the jury for the awards.
Gujarat has adopted several initiatives towards better farming practices and spreading awareness for the same.
Its efforts such as Krishi Mahotsav, Soil Health Card, Water conservation, micro-irrigation, horticulture, post harvest management, dairy and animal husbandry were among the noteworthy interventions .
The state, according to a statement issued by the government, has been successful in containing the pink-bollworm menace in the cotton crop, State's largest kharif crop.
Over the past couple of years,Gujarat has taken up initiatives in the areas of satellite imagery and GIM mapping besides drone survey for agriculture.
Source;BL
Posts
Hello,
Welcome to "Agrovista Profits"
“Agrovista Profits” is a nonprofitable portal. A peer- Friend for the agriculture news, Agriculture news Blogs, agriculture research and development activities, Agriculture Business, and agriculture allied services. Agrovista Profits is an open-access Portal for opinion formers, decision makers, policy makers and above all the farmers.
We are committed for providing the selected info 24X7 about the agriculture and allied sector and assure you that
“ Agrovista Profits “ will always remain clear, unbiased and factual accounts of development in, or affecting, world agriculture and food security. They will interpret the influence of related aspects (which will remain embedded by the aspects like; Agriculture technology, Agriculture Business, Agriculture news climate, forestry, fisheries and, Agri - economics, Agri - ecology) on these developments. An important objective is to assist decision-makers to ensure policies and methods are evidence-based and sustainable.
1 comment:
Very good an rather informative publish. I’ll appear back to your weblog regullary. One issue: I don’t exactly know what do you mean inside the second paragraph. Could you please exmplain your opinion? wholesale backpacks from china
Post a Comment