Review meeting of IIFSR, Modipuram held at CTCRI Thiruvananthapuram

Quinquennial Review of Research on Integrated Farming Systems, Organic and Natural farming undertaken through AICRP-IFS and AINP-OF of ICAR-IIFSR was held at ICAR-CTCRI, Thiruvananthapuram on 7th 8th June 2024. Dr Arvind Kumar, Former VC, RLBCAU, Dr A.K. Singh, Former VC, BAU and Dr NP Singh, Member, CACP reviewed the activities. Dr G. Byju, Director, ICAR-CTCRI inaugurated the meeting and explained achievements of CTCRI. He also elaborated the role and potential of tuber crops in farming systems.

Review undertaken for Kerala and Gujarat revealed that 4 IFS and 2 IOFS models developed for Kerala and 3 IFS and 1 IOFS model developed for Gujarat are having potential for doubling farmers income and ensuring sustainable agriculture. Other achievements include scaling of IFS models by Government of Kerala in more than 37000 farmers field in 14 districts. Organic farming packages developed for Kerala and Gujarat have been shared with respective states for scaling.

Dr Sunil Kumar, Director, ICAR-IIFSR, Dr N. Ravisankar, PC-IFS, Dr Raghavendra Singh, Head, Dr Jacob John, Director (Extension Education) and Chief Agronomist, KAU, Dr G. Suja, PI, AINP-OF and other centres from Kerala and Gujarat attended the meeting.

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