Hon’ble Dr. Udham Singh Gautham, DDG (AE)- ICAR have visited KVK demo units and inaugurated roof top solar system & launched revised website and digital solutions. Later, inaugurated the exhibition stalls and honored the occasion of Rythu Sadassu & Agricultural Exhibition and engaged in meaningful discussions with farmers and highlighted the significance of timely planting with appropriate crops and varieties. Dr. Shaik. N. Meera, Director, ICAR- ATARI, Zone-X, Hyderabad attended as honorary guest and addressed the farmers regarding climate-resilient technologies to address the challenges posed by climate change during the event. In this gathering, Dr. J.V. Prasad- Principal Scientist, Dr. A.R. Reddy- Principal Scientist and Dr. B. Malathi- Senior Scientist from ICAR- ATARI, Hyderabad, Sri..M.C. Dominic, Founder & CEO of Kishi Jagaraon, SAIRD KVK Secretary Dr. M. Snehalatha and Board Members Dr. K. Pratap Reddy, Sri. B. Venkateshwar Rao, Sri. G. Amarender Reddy and Smt. G. Lakshmi Reddy were present. D. Naresh, Senior Scientist & Head (I/c.) briefly explained about significant activities of KVK during 2023. Later, felicitated millionaire farmer awardees from KVKs of Telangana and other KVK progressive farmers & released brochures on Key initiatives of KVK- 2034-24 & booklets on Biofertlizers, Mushroom cultivation, High density planting in cotton. As a part of programme, Interaction meet if Special project on cotton & Awareness programme on Natural Farming were organized by Dr. A.R. Reddy & Dr. J.V. Prasad respectively at KVK. Later critical inputs were distributed to natural farming farmers under the project Outscaling of Natural Farming 2023-24 & mulberry saplings to SC farmers under SCSP. In this programme, Dr. Srinivas Rao, PC-KVK Kampasagar, Dr. Lakshmi Narayanamma, PC- Badradri Kothagudem, Scientists from KVK- CRIDA, Wyra & KVK- Gaddipally Scientists Ch. Naresh, A. Kiran, Dr. T. Madhuri, D. Adarsh, N. Sugandhi, A. Naresh and other technical & administrative staff and a total of 542 farmers were participated.
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