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ANNUAL ZONAL WORKSHOP OF KVKs
(September
15th to 17th, 2008)
Vanue: SIRD
Conference Hall, Itanagar
Proceedings
of the Annual Zonal Workshop of KVKs, 2008-09
under Zonal Coordinating Unit, Zone – III during
September 15-17, 2008 at SIRD Conference Hall,
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh).
The
Annual Zonal Workshop of KVKs Zone – III,
2008-09 was organised on
September 15-17,
2008
at SIRD Conference Hall, Itanagar, Arunachal
Pradesh. A total of 58 KVKs participated in the
workshop. The Zonal Workshop was held for three
days in 6 technical sessions in which the annual
reports as well as the annual action plans of
individual KVKs have been taken up for
presentation and discussion.
INAUGURAL
SESSION
The inaugural
session of the workshop started with the
lighting of the ceremonial lamp by Mr. Jarbom
Gamlin, Minister of Home Affairs, Govt. of
Arunachal Pradesh. This was followed by
felicitation of dignitaries on the dais which
included the Hon’ble Home Minister of Arunachal
Pradesh Mr. Jarbom Gamlin, Zonal Coordinator of
Zone-III of ICAR, Dr. V. Venkatasubraminian,
Commissioner (Agri.) of Govt. of Arunachal
Pradesh, Mr. T. Taloh, DDG (AE) of ICAR, Dr. P.
Das, Director of Agriculture, Arunachal Pradesh,
Mr. T. Basar and Director of AH&Vety, Govt. of
Arunachal Pradesh, Dr. B. Ado.
In
his welcome address, Dr. V. Venkatasubramanian,
Zonal Coordinator, ICAR, Zone-III, stated that
Vision 2020 document for NE Region has placed
lot of emphasis on the agriculture sector. He
informed the house that KVKs have made their
presence in 70 districts of NE Region covering
eight districts and the remaining districts
would be covered soon. The Zonal Coordinator
also stated that the purpose of the workshop in
to streamline and clarify actions and activities
of KVKs of the region in order to enable them to
formulate a roadmap for holistic development in
agriculture in the region. He informed that
altogether 30 trainings and workshops were
organized by the Zonal Coordinating Unit in
collaboration with different organisations and
host institutes during the past year, including
orientation for newly recruited staff. In
addition, 127 technologies had been taken up for
assessment and refinement by the KVKs of the
Zone in 450 ha of land. A total of 94
technologies had been assessed and 16 refined by
the KVKs, he added. The Zonal Coordinator
welcomed the dignitaries and the participants to
the workshop and sought their cooperation and
support.
In
his keynote address, Dr. P. Das, DDG (AE), ICAR
stressed upon the efforts to be initiated on the
part of the KVKs for forward movement of present
agriculture from livelihood and subsistence to
business mode. He stated that food has become a
major plank in the world power equation. He
added that KVKs, as a district level technology
backstopping mechanism should perform the
intermediary actions of Technology Assessment
and Refinement, i.e., the functions between
technology transfer and technology application.
He emphasized that KVK functionaries should
strive to become an expert rather than a
specialist. He stated that we need to adopt a
holistic approach to the entire farming complex
and each small farm has to be viewed as a
potential small business house. He highlighted
that value addition has to be done in space,
time and form dimensions. He further added that
innovation should not be restricted to
technology alone but should also address other
spheres of income security, social empowerment,
village livelihood security, androgogy and
pedagogy etc. He emphasized that quality
resolution is the call of the hour to meet the
global challenges in food and agriculture
sectors. In addition, KVKs must be able to
provide farmers a basket of choices to pick
from. He hoped that the workshop will help the
KVKs to visualize tomorrow’s agriculture to
herald a new beginning in the role of the KVK
system.
In
the subsequent agenda of the inaugural session,
few books published by the Zonal Coordinating
Unit, Zone-III in collaboration with the
different host institutes were released. The
Hon’ble Home Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Mr.
Jarbam Gamlin released the following books:
i)
Extension and Training Methodology for KVK
functionaries.
ii)
Technologies for Soil and Soil fertility
management in NE Region.
iii)
Processing and preservation of important
Horticultural Crops of Arunachal Pradesh.
The DDG (Extn)
of ICAR, Dr. P. Das, formally released the
following books:
i)
Sustainable Crop Production for Food Sufficiency
in NE India
ii)
Technology Inventory for Livestock and Poultry
Production in North Eastern Region.
iii)
Protected Cultivation for Commercialization of
High Value - Low Volume Horticultural Crops
Mr. T. Taloh,
Commissioner (Agri.), Govt. of Arunachal
Pradesh, released the following books:
i)
Decision Support System in Agriculture and
Allied Sector of Papumpare District
ii)
Proceedings of the Workshop cum Orientation
Programme on Seed and Planting Materials
Production
The Director of
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of Govt. of
Arunachal Pradesh, Mr. T. Basar and Dr. B. Ado
respectively, released the following two books:
i)
Agricultural Technology Inventory of North
Eastern Region
ii)
Scientific Dairy Farming – A Step towards
Livelihood improvement
The Hon’ble Home
Minister of Agricultural Pradesh, Mr. Jarbam
Gamlin, then formally launched the website of
KVK, Papumpare district.
In his address,
Hon’ble Home Minister, remarked that KVKs should
function by taking into account ground
realities. He requested the DDG (AE) of ICAR to
accord priority status to KVKs of NE Region by
providing additional support and assistance. He
suggested that the unemployed youth of the
region should be suitably involved in
agri-business activities so that they shun
undesirable anti-social activities in the
region. He urged upon the KVK functionaries to
contribute their mite towards the development of
the agricultural sector. He wished the workshop
all success.
The vote of
thanks of the inaugural session was proposed by
Sr. N. Pertin, Deputy Director (Agriculture) of
the Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh.
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