New Delhi
Radha Mohan Singh has said that it is imperative to develop hybrid seeds of improved variety for the areas of varied agricultural climate so as to sort out the problems emerging due to global climate change.
Radha Mohan Singh further said that it is also very necessary to work out the issues of bio and non-bio adverse effects along with improvement in productivity. Shri Singh stated it in a function organized for Plant Genome Saviour Awards at PUSA here today. Agriculture Minister extended his hearty congratulations to the five award winner groups for Genome Protection in the function organized on above said subjects.
Radha Mohan Singh congratulated 3 farmers selected for Plant Genome Saviour Farmer Rewards 2014 and another 11 farmers selected for Plant Genome Saviour Farmer Recognition 2014 from the various parts of the country. Shri Singh said that these farmers have contributed greatly to maintain resources concerned with plant breeding and as well as to conserve them.
He added that Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Act (PPV&FRA) 2001 has been enforced to promote the new species of plants, for the preservation of plants as well as Rights of the farmers. Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Authority has been constituted so as to implement this constitution in November, 2005.
Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated Data Centre and Mobile App at IASRI in PUSA Complex. Singh said that this Data Centre of ICAR will play an important role to promote Digital India Campaign in agriculture sector.
The Minister said that Government has launched Digital India Campaign to empower the country with digital point of view. This campaign aims at providing electronic services to the people while reducing the requirements of paper. Singh added that it has been initiated in July, 2015 to link the rural people with high paced internet network.
Radha Mohan Singh, while launching a mobile app, at this function, said that mobile app has become an integral part of agricultural sector and it is being utilized also for agricultural trading along with farming practices. Agriculture Minister further said that through KVK mobile app, the farmers will be benefitted with detailed knowhow generated in Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
The farmers are supposed to select KVKs after they have got themselves registered in this app. Thereafter, the farmers will be capable enough to open all sorts of information viz., weather, price of agricultural commodities in the market and other intimations related to farming sector through KVK app. Through this app, the farmers will also be able to receive information about different agricultural programmes and schemes being run by the Government.
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