SHUBHANGI SHIFA
Ranchi, Nov 22: The Birsa Agricultural University (BAU) on Tuesday organised an international conference on ‘Global Research Initiative for Sustainable Agriculture and Allied Sciences’ in collaboration with Aastha Foundation, Meerut.
A total of 11 sessions were organised on various topics of Agriculture, Veterinary, Forestry, Fisheries, Environment and Biodiversity, wherein zero tillage agriculture, field mechanization, fisheries, home science, self-life enhancement of products, and animal science were discussed through oral and poster presentations. Furthermore, the latest trends in the fields were also discussed.
Dr Rabindra Kumar, Chief Organising Secretary of the conference said that emphasis was laid on the improvement and promotion of indigenous breeds of animals, the use of the latest disease detection techniques and the development of vaccines for the control of African swine fever and Lumpy Skin Disease. He further said that the need for mass vaccination was also discussed for the prevention of PPR disease in goats, swine fever and foot and mouth disease in livestock. While reviewing the Animal Breeding Policy 2011 of Jharkhand, it was pointed out the need to add provisions related to the latest feeding, breeding, health and management techniques. Furthermore, emphasis was also laid on formulating different cattle breeding policies for different agro-climatic zones.
Fisheries expert from Nepal Dr Dilip Kumar Jha, former Director of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Dhaka; Dr B K Chakraborty, Research Director of Bioseed Research India, Hyderabad; Dr Brijendra Pal and Vice Chancellor of Nilamber Pitambar University Palamu Dr Ram Lakhan Singh discussed the emerging trends in agriculture and allied sectors.
About 150 scientists from the states of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Kashmir, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan among others participated in the conference in offline mode and about 1,000 experts in online mode. The conference in online mode will continue on Wednesday as well.
