Details of Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav (MGMG)
Training
programme on agri-horticultural crops at Chetag, Balumath Latehar
Farmers
Scientist interaction programme at Chetag Panchyat
Name of institutes/universities involved | Total No. of Groups formed | No. of Scientist Involved | No. of village covered | No. of field activities conducted | No. of messages/advisory sent | Farmers involved (No.) | |
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ICAR institutes | |||||||
ICAR-1ndian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi-834010 | 2 (Two) | 11 | 4 Nos | 83 | 15 times (Telephonic conversation) | 1090 |
- The programme initiated at ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology Ranchi, during 2018-19
and two (2) multi-disciplinary teams formulated incorporating 9 scientist(including Nodal Officer)
comprising 6 villages in total in two districts (Latehar and Ranchi) of Jharkhand have been selected. - About 1000 farmers from different adopted villages covered and benchmark survey were conducted. Majority
of population (more than 65%) belongs to SC/ST communities. - Non-availability of quality inputs, intermittent drought, lack of irrigation facilities,problematic
soils (acidic), free grazing (after kharif), marketing, storage problems and lack of institutional
credit, etc. are major problems identified in all the adopted villages - Technical supports being provided through, village meeting, providing literature, focus-group
discussions and mobile advisory (Telephonic conversation regarding plant protections and improved
packages and practices, scientific pisiculture, etc.) - About 30 visits have been made by different teams during 2018-19.
- Awareness programme were organized for growing of high value crops, protected cultivation,
- General awareness created on sensitization of Swachhta Hi Seva, Vigilance awareness,utilization of
agricultural waste/by products, farming systems research and prevention of post-harvest loss. - About one number of training programmes on improved packages and practices on agri-horticultural crops
for economic boost. - Farmers from selected villages were also called on occasions of farmers fair organized jointly by
ICAR-IIAB, Ranchi, ICAR-IINRG Ranchi and BAU, Kanke Ranchi as exposure visit.
Activities organized by ICAR Institutes/ SAUs under MGMG
S.No. | Name of activity | No. of activities conducted | No. of farmers participated & benefitted |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Visit to village by teams | 30 | 350 |
2 | Interface meeting/ Goshthies | 16 | 240 |
3 | Training organized | 1 | 70 |
4 | Demonstrations conducted | ||
5 | Mobile based advisories (No of message) | 15 (Telephonic conversation regarding agricultural and allied information’s ) | 60 |
6 | Awareness created (No.) | 18 | 300 |
7 | Other if any |
Table -2: Other activities organized by ICAR Institutes/ SAUS under MGMG
S.No. | Name of activity | No./Area (ha) | No. of farmers benefitted |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Linkages developed with other agencies (No. of agency) | ||
2 | Facilitation for new varieties, seeds, technology | ||
i. New varieties (No.) | Nil | Nil | |
ii. Technology (No.) | |||
iii. Seeds (q) | |||
iv. New crops (No.) | 1 (Mustard) | 190 | |
V. Other | |||
Scientific fish farming | 30 | ||
Growing of high value agro-forestry plants | 50 |
Training
programme on agri-horticultural crops at Chetag, Balumath Latehar
Farmers
Scientist interaction programme at Chetag Panchyat