Agriculture

  Aim- to facilitate farmers to get right information at right time. Benefits : Farmers can use this platform to get information  They can communicate with  scientists directly to obtain advisories on agriculture and its allied sectors of Kisan Vigyan Kendras. It empowers farmers with technological interventions to reach farmers in remote areas.  Note- It was launched on 16july 2021 at 93rd icar foundation day.

. The app is developed by the ICAR-central Institute of fresh water aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA) Bhubaneswar with funding support of national fisheries development board (NFDB). Aim : To disseminate the latest fresh-water aquaculture technologies to the aqua-farmers of the country. Features :  Matsya setu app have species wise /chapters wise learning online course modules.  Aquaculture experts explain the basic concept and practical demonstration on breeding, seed production,  grow up culture of commercially important fishes like carp, catfish,  scampi, murrel, ornamental fish, pearl farming. Better management practices to be followed in maintaining the soil and water quality, feeding and health management.  Modules are divided in to small vedio chapters for convenience. Quiz test and assessment program are available.  Upon successful completion of  each course module an e- certificate  can be  auto-generated. Farmers can also ask their doubts fro...

  Agroforestry   Slogan for promoting agroforestry is: Har Medh Par Pedh Agroforestry is the combination of agricultural and forestry technologies to create integrated diverse and productive land use systems. It is a complex land management system of deliberate growing agriculture with forest and animal Husbandry for maximum production and income on the same unit of land as an agriculture simultaneously which become multi functional and given diverse benefits. It has been applied in both small and on large tract of land, where in small unit, trees are grown surrounding the agricultural unit;while in large tract of land, trees are aligned or grown in rows with agricultural crops in alternate manner. It has three main components that are:  Agricultural crops  Forest trees Livestock or animal husbandry  Based on these three components, there are three types of agroforestry technological practices : Agri-silviculture agroforestry : Here agri means agricultural crops...