7th September 2022, Jodhpur
Brainstorming session on Present Scenario of crops, vegetables, livestock and future prospects in different regions of Rajasthan” was organized by ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Jodhpur today.
Dr. S.K. Singh, Director, ICAR-ATARI, Jodhpur in inaugural session focused on genesis and importance of strategies for coping with scenario of flood, abnormal, excessive rainfalls in different Agro-Climatic Regions of Rajasthan. He elaborated that Rajasthan falls under highly vulnerable Agro-Climatic zone of country which requires special attention to cope up with flood, abnormal, excessive and even dry spell situations for obtaining desired level of productivity. Dr. Singh emphasized that agriculture being challengeable in Rajasthan and looking at this rainy season (2022) rainfall, proper and effective extension approaches along with contingent plans are required to be implemented by each KVK and a policy document is to be prepared to overcome such situation. He said frequent occurrence of disaster, poor infrastructure, improper markets, financial assistance & insurance etc. are major risks to farmers of Rajasthan which can be mitigated by Proper Planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, providing technologies, promotion of Integrated Farming System Models etc.
Dr. D. Kumar, Secretary, Indian Arid Legumes Society and Ex-Project Coordination, Arid-Legumes, CAZRI, Jodhpur mentioned that climate change is very fast and devastating and we must have proper planning & preparedness to tackle abnormal situations. He accentuated that animal based farming system and diversified farming system along with agri-Horti-Pasture-Forestry system need to be promoted to achieve sustainable income flow, he opined. He also emphasized that crop rotation with inclusion of Pulses in different cropping system will certainly lead to soil fertility improvement.
Director of Extension Education of five State Agriculture Universities of Rajasthan also expressed their views to overcome the present situations caused by climatic change. All have highlighted very serious issue “Lumpy Skin Disease” in cow and this devastating disease needs prompt action in convergence mode.
In this programme, 47 KVKs of Rajasthan presented the scenario of their respective districts which were thoroughly discussed and finalized with improvement for preparing a document for overcoming such alarming weather situations.
(Source: ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Jodhpur)
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