Stress on universities, scientists to work together to help farmers

A three-day planetary league connected “Sustainable Innovations successful Agriculture, Veterinary and Agro-related Matters” was inaugurated astatine the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) successful Raichur connected Monday.

The National Agricultural Development Cooperative Limited (NADCL), Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, is coordinating the event.

Director of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Srinivasa Rao, who inaugurated the event, said that improvement of agriculture, livestock and agriculture-related fields is the nonsubjective of immoderate cultivation assemblage and agriculture-related institution.

Therefore, the UAS Raichur has to reappraisal its publication to the improvement of these 3 fields, helium added.

He stressed the request for agriculture universities and scientists to enactment for the improvement of farmers by resolving problems that they are facing owed to earthy disasters and markets.

Dr. Rao besides pointed retired that nutrient worthy ₹1.3 lakh crore is being wasted each twelvemonth and said that universities should besides effort to absorption connected uncovering solutions to this issue.

Vice-Chancellor of UAS Raichur M. Hanumanthappa said that the university's biologic accumulation unit, effect portion and pesticide residue investigation units are functioning well.

He said that the relation of the biologic accumulation portion successful the absorption of achromatic thrips affecting chillis is immense. "The effect accumulation portion has produced 22,000 quintals of seeds and sold them to farmers. In the coming days, a value-added parkland for cereals volition beryllium established successful the assemblage which volition beryllium a boon to tiny and micro-grain growers," helium said.

So far, 14 patents person been obtained successful the fields of cultivation exertion and harvest protection. And, 12 students of the Agricultural Technology Department person cleared GATE, helium told the gathering.

Member of the University Management Board Mallikarjuna D., Director of Extension, P. V. Narasimha Rao Agricultural University, Hyderabad, M. Kishan Kumar, Director, Central Rice Research Institute, Odisha, G. A. K. Kumar, Dean, Postgraduate Department, Veterinary University, Bidar, Dilip Kumar and R. A. Shah of NADCL Baramulla besides spoke.

Organizers of the league Jagruti B. Deshmanya, Basanagouda Bagawat, Mallesh Kolimi, Thimmappa Somappa Chavadi, K. Narayana Rao and G.B. Lokesh were present.