In Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, a workshop was organized to discuss the availability of sufficient food for the future and increasing the yield of crops using modern technology adopted for it in the International Agriculture Farm “Agri Carnival 2022” Gone. During this, modern technology for production of disease-resistant, affordable and user-friendly variety of paddy was discussed and presented keeping in view the adequate availability of food for the future generations. Agricultural scientists from about 15 countries including ten African countries Uganda, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Senegal, Ethiopia, Namibia, Ghana, Mali, Seychelles, South Asian countries Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India participated in the carnival. The program is an initiative to accelerate the modernization of rice breeding programs in Asia and the African subcontinent. It aims to provide specialized hands-on training to develop expertise on state-of-the-art technologies, capacity building, smart breeding technologies, reproductive informatics and cost-effective tools. Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur in collaboration with Agriculture Department of the State Government, Chhattisgarh Biotechnology Promotion Society, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, NABARD, Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research, Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority (APEDA), NABL and other institutions. International Agriculture Farm “Agri Carnival 2022” is being organized from Directors of international and national level agricultural institutions, agricultural scientists, senior officials of various agricultural product manufacturing companies, startup entrepreneurs and a large number of progressive farmers participated in this event, which ran from October 14 to 18. International Rice Research Institute, Manila (Philippines) Agriculturalist Dr. Sanjay Katiyar told that after the Green Revolution, work is being done to bring new varieties of paddy for almost 60 years. At present, due to climate change, there are many challenges like flood, drought. Therefore, there is a need for good and early yielding disease resistant crop varieties, which can meet the challenges of adequate availability of food with increasing population and changing climate in future. For this, many new varieties are being brought under the modern breeding program. He said that given the threat of climate change, rice-based farming systems around the world need to be transformed to meet the goals of food security. Farmers need to adapt to climate change and rice varieties with higher productivity and better nutrition. To fulfill this need of theirs, many new varieties of paddy are being brought through modern technology. In Chhattisgarh too, farmers are being made aware to plant new varieties and a new approach of seed system is being conveyed to them. Here, in about 130 acres of fields of farmers of almost all the districts, eight to ten new varieties are being planted with the old variety and the difference in production is being explained to them. He said that in many countries of South Africa, the modern technology of paddy production is still not developed. Agricultural scientists from different countries who came to Chhattisgarh in the carnival will learn the techniques here and apply it in their countries. It used to take about 12 years to prepare and reach the farmers. Through the modern technology of seed breeding, now the new variety will reach the farmers within eight years. Efforts are being made to reduce this time further, so that more and more cost-effective, user-friendly varieties can reach the farmers in less time. Like this:Like Loading… Continue Reading