Next agricultural science congress to focus on small holder farmers
Updated: Jun 06, 2014 01:04:47pm
New Delhi, Jun 6 (KNN) To recognise the significant contribution made by family farmers and observe the year of family farming, the next Agricultural Science Congress will focus on small holder farmers.
Scheduled to be held at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in Karnal, Haryana during February 3-6, 2015, the theme for the 12th edition of the Science Congress is “Sustainable Livelihood Security for Small Holder Farmers.”
Commenting on the theme, “The future of agriculture is in the hands of small farmers who constitute the majority of vast farming community. We have already demonstrated our technological strength in practising profitable agriculture, attuned to social and environmental milieu,” said National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) President S Ayyappan.
Addressing NAAS Foundation Day Celebration, Ayyappan said 2014 is the Year of Family Farming (IYFF) based on the significant contributions made by family farmers.
“Although family farming has contributed immensely towards enhancing agricultural production and reducing rural poverty, it is experiencing new challenges due to globalization and trade liberalization,” he added.
He stressed the fact that Indian economy has now reached a stage where labour has started moving out of agriculture in a big way and workforce in agriculture has stated falling in absolute terms.
“The family farming demands that besides economics, continuous upgradation of knowledge levels, entrepreneurship and benefits to environment should be duly considered. The need is to make agriculture more exciting and rewarding for family farms so that self-employed workers in agriculture are not pushed to move out to non-agriculture under distress. The approach hence of Family Farms is ‘Farm, Feed and Flourish,” he said.
The congress will feature brainstorming sessions on important issues, consultations, research, innovation, and development as well as policy issues.
NAAS, the think tank of Indian agriculture which has been organizing Agricultural Science Congress is also communicating their outcomes to the concerned stake-holders towards promoting ecologically sustainable, economically vibrant and socially equitable agriculture. The academy is going to celebrate Silver Jubilee in 2015. (KNN/ST)
Scheduled to be held at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in Karnal, Haryana during February 3-6, 2015, the theme for the 12th edition of the Science Congress is “Sustainable Livelihood Security for Small Holder Farmers.”
Commenting on the theme, “The future of agriculture is in the hands of small farmers who constitute the majority of vast farming community. We have already demonstrated our technological strength in practising profitable agriculture, attuned to social and environmental milieu,” said National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) President S Ayyappan.
Addressing NAAS Foundation Day Celebration, Ayyappan said 2014 is the Year of Family Farming (IYFF) based on the significant contributions made by family farmers.
“Although family farming has contributed immensely towards enhancing agricultural production and reducing rural poverty, it is experiencing new challenges due to globalization and trade liberalization,” he added.
He stressed the fact that Indian economy has now reached a stage where labour has started moving out of agriculture in a big way and workforce in agriculture has stated falling in absolute terms.
“The family farming demands that besides economics, continuous upgradation of knowledge levels, entrepreneurship and benefits to environment should be duly considered. The need is to make agriculture more exciting and rewarding for family farms so that self-employed workers in agriculture are not pushed to move out to non-agriculture under distress. The approach hence of Family Farms is ‘Farm, Feed and Flourish,” he said.
The congress will feature brainstorming sessions on important issues, consultations, research, innovation, and development as well as policy issues.
NAAS, the think tank of Indian agriculture which has been organizing Agricultural Science Congress is also communicating their outcomes to the concerned stake-holders towards promoting ecologically sustainable, economically vibrant and socially equitable agriculture. The academy is going to celebrate Silver Jubilee in 2015. (KNN/ST)
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