Review Workshop cum Training Programme on Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA)

December 20, 2022, Kolkata

ICAR-ATARI Kolkata organized a Review Workshop cum Training Programme on Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) to review the achievements of the Project run by 9 KVKs of Zone V.

Dr. Ranajit Kumar Samanta, Former Vice Chancellor of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, chaired the session and suggested implementing the ARYA project in the remaining KVKs of the country. He advised to popularize the cases of successful entrepreneurs through ICT, publication and other means. He also suggested diversifying the enterprises based on the needs of the districts. He underlined the need to expose the non-ARYA KVKs of this zone to provide necessary guidelines for youth empowerment.

Dr. S. K. Roy, Director, ICAR-ATARI Kolkata while welcoming the dignitaries emphasized to expand the running enterprises under ARYA project among more number of youths. He urged the KVKs and host organizations to utilize the fund allocated to the ARYA implementing KVKs properly.

Dr. P. P. Pal, Principal Scientist and Nodal Officer, ARYA, briefed about the inception, objectives, principles and achievements of ARYA project till date and elaborately described how to scale up the project among non- beneficiaries.

ARYA implementing KVKs presented in detail about the achievements of the project and future plan of action to make it a youth- friendly platform towards entrepreneurship development. Successful entrepreneurs shared their experiences with the help of videography and acknowledged the support and guidance received through this project to change their livelihood. They committed to expand the benefit among other youths to infuse the sense of self-employment.

The matter of women empowerment achieved through this project was specially appreciated by the House.

On this occasion, an e-Publication was also released on Achievements@75 by the KVKs of Odisha, West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands as a part of celebration of 75 years of India’s Independence (Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav).

The workshop was attended by more than 50 participants including the Senior Scientist and Heads, Nodal Subject Matter Specialists, selected successful entrepreneurs and all the technical as well as scientific staff of ICAR-ATARI, Kolkata.  

The workshop ended with a vote of thanks.

(Source: ICAR-ATARI Kolkata)