Shri Arup Roy, Minister of Agriculture and Agricultural Marketing, Government of West Bengal inaugurated the 22nd ICAR Regional Committee-II meeting on 27th June, 2014 at Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore.
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- 27th June 201427th June 2014 , Barrackpore
- 18th June 201418th June 2014 , Dehradun
Shri Harish Chandra Durga Pal, Minister of Labour, Khadi and Small Industries, Government of Uttarakhand inaugurated the 23rd Meeting of ICAR Regional Committee-1 on 18th June, 2014 at Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWCRTI), Dehradun.
In his address, Shri Pal highlighted the problems being faced by the agriculture and alied sectors in the hilly states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Citing the examples of loss of apple production due to climate changes in Uttarakhand, he called upon scientists for effective technologies and field solutions for soil, water and forest conservation. Shri Pal said water harvesting, flood control, soil conservation measures, organic fertilization, and scientific inputs are the prime needs of the region to boost the agricultural, horticultural and fisheries production. He also emphasized upon the climate resilient technologies in the view of recent changes in the climate.
Shri Arvind Kaushal, Additional Secretary, DARE and Secretary, ICAR briefed the gathering about the facilities, role and strengths of ICAR by listing out research institutes and research centres of ICAR, Agricultural Universities and KVKs. He said that these premier institutions are addressing the challenges of agriculture in the country.
- 30th May 201430th May 2014 , Dehradun
Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of Agriculture visited Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWCRTI), Dehradun on 29-30th May, 2014.
The Minister had a meeting with senior scientists and officials of the institute and other central and state government organizations related with agriculture and allied sectors. Shri Singh interacted with officials to take stock of the agriculture scenario of the region. - 28th May 201428th May 2014 , New Delhi
Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister of Agriculture and Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State for Agriculture, Government of India assumed their offices today here at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.
- 5th May 20145th May 2014 , Ranchi
A meeting to discuss Jharkhand Agricultural Development Vision Document was organized under the Chairmanship of DrK.Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission at Ranchi on 5th May, 2014.
- 5th May 20145th May 2014 , Ranchi
Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR laid the foundation for the KVK Khunti on 5th May, 2014. This will be 23rd KVK for Jharkhand state under the administrative control of Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums (IINRG), Ranchi.
- 5th May 20145th May 2014 , Ranchi
Dr S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR, New Delhi visited Hundru village near Ranchi (Jharkhand) to review the programme on Rice-Fallow system being implemented by ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna under Tribal Sub-Plan in Hundru, ChhotaGhagra and Saraitoli villages in a participatory mode involving 160 farm families.
- 31st March 201431st March 2014 , New Delhi
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research signed MoUs with Ramakrishna Mission Vivekanand University, Kolkata and Amity University, Uttar Pradesh for knowledge sharing, collaboration, cross learning, innovation and extension in agriculture, in the interest of the farmers.
- 29th March 201429th March 2014 , Imphal
ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Manipur Centre, Imphal organized a state level training programme on 'Seed Quality Control for Seed Certification' for State Officials and Extension Functionaries on 29th March, 2014.
- 29th March 201429th March 2014 , Mijoram
Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR visited ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib on 29th March 2014. He also visited KVK Exhibition Hall, Laboratories and Research Farm of Mizoram Centre.
- 27th March 201427th March 2014 , Medziphema
The NRC on Mithun (NRCM), Medziphema, Nagaland celebrated its 25 years of its existence on 27th March, 2014 at Medziphema campus.
- 26th March 201426th March 2014 , Goalpara
Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research inaugurated the administrative building of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Goalpara, Assam on 26th March, 2014.
- 27th February 201427th February 2014 , New Delhi
A Sensitization Workshop on ‘Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)’ was organized by Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI) at NASC Complex, New Delhi on 27th February, 2014.
- 22nd February 201422nd February 2014 , Ujjain
- 22nd February 201422nd February 2014 , Indore
Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR inaugurated the International Soybean Research Conference ‘SOYCON 2014’ at Directorate of Soybean Research, Indore.
- 14th February 201414th February 2014 , Karnal
- 11th February 201411th February 2014 , Karnal
- 6th February 20146th February 2014 , Hyderabad
An International Training on “Plant Biosecurity & Incursion Management “ is scheduled from 8th April to 28th April, 2014 at the National Institute of Plant Health Management, Hyderabad. The training programme is organized by NIPHM in collaboration with USDA. The programme is open to government officials from Central, State Agriculture/ Horticulture, ICAR Institutes and State Agriculture / Horticulture Universities, KVKs, international participants and trainees from neighbouring countries.
- 24th January 2014
- 15th January 201415th January 2014 , Ludhiana