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1 Proceedings of Farmer s Fair and Farm Field School organized at Navala village of district Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) on Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research (IIFSR), Modipuram, Meerut organized one day Farmer s Fair and Farm Field School at Navala village of district Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) on Honorable Dr. Sanjeev Baliyan, Union State Minister of Agriculture and Farmer s Welfare, Govt. of India, was the chief guest and inaugurated the function. Dr. A. K. Singh, Deputy Director General (Extension) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi was special guest of the programme. Thousands of farmers belonging to different villages of Western U.P. participated in the programme. Dr. Azad Singh Panwar, Director, IIFSR welcomed chief guest including all the dignitaries and farmers participants. He highlighted the programmes being operated by the Institute for economic and livelihood security of farmers in the region. Dr. Panwar has also elaborated about the schemes which are being operated for farmer s welfare by the Government of India i.e. Soil Health Card Scheme, Prime Minister s Crop Insurance Scheme, Prime Minister s Agriculture Irrigation Scheme and National Agriculture Market etc. The chief guest Honorable Dr. Sanjeev Baliyan expressed his pleasure for organizing such a big Farmer s Fair in village Navala and thanked to Dr. Azad Singh Panwar and his team. He has requested farmers to adopt improved technologies in cultivation of sugarcane on the line of Maharashtra for achieving higher yield level of quintals/ha. He also emphasized about depletion and pollution of groundwater which is a serious issue in western U.P. and appealed to all the farmers to conserve the water for agriculture and its purity for drinking purpose to safeguard the availability for future generations. He advocated for custom hiring of improved implements being used in cultivation of sugarcane through co-operative society in the village for making agricultural operations easier and faster which will also generate employment opportunities for youths in the villages. Dr. A. K. Singh, DDG Extension introduced about the schemes being operated under the programme of agricultural extension. He also emphasized that there is need for

2 improving the soil productivity and to enhance the profitability of sugarcane based farming system and livestock production in the region. Dr. Rabinder Kaur, Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi appreciated such kind of Scientist-Farmers interaction meet and appealed the farmers to get maximum benefit of it. Dr. Anil Khippal introduced about the programmes and schemes being operated in district Muzaffarnagar by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. A practical demonstration was organized on automatic mechanical planting of sugarcane before the chief guest and all the participants. Eight leaflets developed by IIFSR on various improved technologies viz. management of mango orchards, integrated nutrient and pest management in sugarcane, women friendly agricultural implements and schemes recently launched by Government of India such as soil health card scheme, Prime Minister s crop insurance scheme, Prime Minister s agricultural irrigation scheme, national agricultural market scheme were also released by the chief guest during the function. Practical demonstrations and lectures useful for the farmers were delivered on various subjects by different subject matter specialists. The village pradhan Sh. Devraj Tyagi presented vote of thanks to all the participants. The programme was coordinated by Dr. Anil Kumar, Principal Scientist and Dr. Prem Singh, Principal Scientist was overall coordinator and Organizing Secretary of the programme.

3 Hon. Minister Inaugurating the Mela Hon. Minister interacting with farmers

4 Release of IIFSR leaflets by Hon. Minister and Dignitaries

5 Director IIFSR showing IFS technologies to Hon. Minister

6 IIFSR Stall Farmers downloading useful Kisan Suvidha APP in their mobile at

7 Registration