Coimbatore: The 37th Centre for Advanced Faculty Training in Agronomy on “Advanced Agro techniques and Agronomic interventions for Doubling Farmers income” is being organized at the Department of Agronomy, TNAU, Coimbatore.
Coimbatore: The 37th Centre for Advanced Faculty Training in Agronomy on “Advanced Agro techniques and Agronomic interventions for Doubling Farmers income” is being organized at the Department of Agronomy, TNAU, Coimbatore.
The training programme commenced on November 28 to December 18, 2019. 14 participants from seven states across India are taking part in the programme which was inaugurated by Dr.N.Kumar, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, TNAU.
During his inaugural address, he stressed the role of advanced agro technologies for doubling farmers income. Further, he highlighted the socio economic status of the farmers and the low level of farmers' income, due to increased cost and annual fluctuations which are a major source of agrarian distress.
"This distress has worsened over time, since half of the population of the country is dependent on farming for their livelihood. Persistent low level farmers income can cause adverse effect on the future of agriculture in the country", he opined.
"To secure the future of agriculture and to improve livelihood of India's population, adequate attention needs to be given to improve the welfare of the farmers and raise agricultural income. Achieving this goal will reduce persistent disparity between farm and non-farm income, alleviate agrarian distress, promote inclusive growth and infuse dynamism in the agriculture sector", he said.
He further added that "Decent income in farming sector will attract youth towards farming profession and ease the pressure on non-farm job which presently are not growing, as per the expectations. There are two possible ways to increase farmers income - we have to increase the productivity of the crops or increase the farmers has to get higher price for his produce", he said.
Dr.V.Geethalakshmi, Director, Directorate of Crop Management delivered her address and narrated the problems faced in the agricultural sectors especially in the areas of climate change, soil health etc., She stressed to utilize advanced technologies developed by agricultural scientists to mitigate the problems and improve the income of the farming community.
She also cited the programme on doubling farmers income organized by TNAU at Kinathukadavu areas.
Earlier, Dr.C.R.Chinnamuthu, Professor and Head & Director (CAFTA), Department of Agronomy, welcomed the gathering and narrated the genesis of Centre of Advanced Faculty Training programmes. Finally, Dr.A.Velayutham, Professor (Agronomy) and incharge of CAFT programme proposed vote of thanks.
The training programme commenced on November 28 to December 18, 2019. 14 participants from seven states across India are taking part in the programme which was inaugurated by Dr.N.Kumar, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, TNAU.
During his inaugural address, he stressed the role of advanced agro technologies for doubling farmers income. Further, he highlighted the socio economic status of the farmers and the low level of farmers' income, due to increased cost and annual fluctuations which are a major source of agrarian distress.
"This distress has worsened over time, since half of the population of the country is dependent on farming for their livelihood. Persistent low level farmers income can cause adverse effect on the future of agriculture in the country", he opined.
"To secure the future of agriculture and to improve livelihood of India's population, adequate attention needs to be given to improve the welfare of the farmers and raise agricultural income. Achieving this goal will reduce persistent disparity between farm and non-farm income, alleviate agrarian distress, promote inclusive growth and infuse dynamism in the agriculture sector", he said.
He further added that "Decent income in farming sector will attract youth towards farming profession and ease the pressure on non-farm job which presently are not growing, as per the expectations. There are two possible ways to increase farmers income - we have to increase the productivity of the crops or increase the farmers has to get higher price for his produce", he said.
Dr.V.Geethalakshmi, Director, Directorate of Crop Management delivered her address and narrated the problems faced in the agricultural sectors especially in the areas of climate change, soil health etc., She stressed to utilize advanced technologies developed by agricultural scientists to mitigate the problems and improve the income of the farming community.
She also cited the programme on doubling farmers income organized by TNAU at Kinathukadavu areas.
Earlier, Dr.C.R.Chinnamuthu, Professor and Head & Director (CAFTA), Department of Agronomy, welcomed the gathering and narrated the genesis of Centre of Advanced Faculty Training programmes. Finally, Dr.A.Velayutham, Professor (Agronomy) and incharge of CAFT programme proposed vote of thanks.