ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad Scientist Team Organises Focus Group Discussion with farmers at Odisha under OADMP

25-26 February 2026, Odisha

Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was organised by a team of scientists from ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad in the villages of Tilokuti and Bhanjakia Gram Panchayats of Raruan Block of Mayurbhanj District, Odisha on 25 & 26 February, 2026.

The FGD (structured questionnaire) as part of the project on ‘Odisha Agriculture Drought Mitigation Programme (OADMP) under National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NMDF) / Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment (DAFE), Bhuvneshwar, Odisha.

During the team discussion with respective village farmers, preliminary status on Natural Resource Management resources, crop, livestock, agroforestry, farm machinery and soil condition at village level (14 villages of two-gram panchayats) were collected. The discussion was attended by farmers from 14 villages, the Raruan block level agriculture officials, Sarpanch and Zilla Parishad member.

On 27 February, 2026 the team visited District Chief Agriculture Office, Mayurbhanj, Baripada and interacted with Shri Lokanath Mishra, Chief District Agriculture Officer-cum-PD, ATMA, Mayurbhanj and other line Department officials.

(Source: ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad)