Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari” Campaign under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav which commenced from 25th April and concluded on 30th April, created an awareness on various schemes and their benefits to the farming community across the country.
There were several programmes held across the states in which farmers and experts were face to face. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers welfare through National Bee Board (NBB) has conducted a National Conclave on “Wild and Forest Honey” with collaboration of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED).
Sweet Revolution has enabled the tribal beekeepers to fetch a price 1.5 to 2 times more than earlier one. 100 FPOs of Beekeepers/ Honey Producers have been identified by NBB, out of these, 14 FPOs have been allotted to TRIFED which are promoting production of wild honey through its “Van Dhan Programme” being implemented in 27 States and 307 Districts.
The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has organized a special Campaign through Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institutes at Budhni, Hisar, Anantapur & Biswanath Chariali.
Considering the nutritional aspect, a special programme in the name of Nutri-Cereals has been included in the National Food Security Mission to promote the nutri cereal crops.
The government of Tripura inaugurated the programme along with the inauguration of office building cum Farmers Training Centre in the Demonstration cum seed production farm of the Coconut Development Board at Tripura. State, District and Block level seminars were organized and at Kavarathi more than 200 tribal women participated in the programme.
Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development in association with Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shimoga organised a mega Cashew and Cocoa Fair at Knuas campus, Navile, Shimoga.
The stakeholders CAMPCO, Cadbury and development departments participated in the programme. An exhibition was also arranged depicting live products of cashew and cocoa, activities of MIDH etc.
Besides Kisan melas, farmer scientist interaction, animal health camps, exhibitions and visits to different demonstration units by the farmers were also organized by different institutes.
Various events on Millets including farmer- scientist-startup interactions were organized at farm and village locations. The startups shared their entrepreneurial experiences regarding innovative machines developed by his startup and offered them to farmers at economical price.
The Ministry of Rural Development organized a webinar on integrated watershed development, its contribution towards sustainable utilization of natural resources, enhancing livelihood and incomes of farmers.