Video Conferencing with Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri. Radha MohanSingh.
On 28th of October 2016, the Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri. Radha MohanSinghinteracted with all KVK’s of Hilly Regions through Live Video conferencing. 2 (two) KVKs were selected for interaction from Arunachal Pradesh (KVK West Siang & KVK Anjaw). The video conferencing was organized in the National Information Centre (NIC) of Anjaw District at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office. The conferencing started at around 1100 hrs.
The Agriculture minister enquired about the different glitches faced in the agricultural scenario of the state and deliberated the current schemes of theyear 2016-17, such as Integrated Farming System (IFS), cold storage and warehouses, etc. to overcome the problem of loss of surplus produce. He also emphasized on the collection of soil samples, its analysis and distribution of Soil Health Cards to the farmers till next year’s March 2017. Later on he urged the KVK scientific staffs to work harder for the betterment of the farming community.
The members present were Dr. Manish Kanwat, Senior Scientist &head of KVK Anjaw, along with his KVK team Ms. Rebecca Eko, SMS (Horticulture) and 2 (two) progressive farmers K. Tamai and A. Tamai resident of village Borofu, Anjaw District.