Port Blair, Dec 06: Special session will be held on “Policy makers and farmers interaction” meet on 7th December, 2016 at Dr. T.R. Dutta Conference Hall of ICAR-CIARI from 10.00 am to 12.00 Noon which will be chaired by Dr. A.K. Singh, DDG, (Agri. Extension & Horticultural Science), ICAR, New Delhi. Shri Hemant B. Songadkar, GM & OIC, NABARD, Port Blair and Dr. S. Dam Roy, Director, ICAR-CIARI will preside over the programme.
The basic objective of the meet is to interact with the progressive farmers who have adopted and practicing technological intervention in agriculture and allied field for sustainable returns with the technological backstopping of ICAR-CIARI in association with Development Departments of A & N Administration, Lead bank and NABARD. Representative of farmers from Mainland and Island will be participating and interacting.
Dr. A.K. Singh, DDG, (Agri. Extension & Horticultural Science), ICAR, New Delhi will be giving his deliberation on the farmers pro-active role and paradigm shift in extension in the context of the International Seminar on “Climate Change and Impact”, “Adaptive Management of Biodiversity”, “Adaptation and livelihood security”, which is scheduled from 8th to 10th December, 2016.