Brief report of National Workshop on 'Innovations in Traditional Agriculture for Sustaining Humanity organized by Uttarakhand Chapter of (AAHF-UC)

摘要

A National workshop on 'Innovation in Traditional Agriculture for Sustaining Humanity' was held at GB Pant University on August 29-30, 2017. The workshop was graced by the presence of Dr. YL Nene, former Deputy Director General, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, Chairman Emeritus of Asian Agri-History Foundation (AAHF) and renowned Plant Pathologist, as Chief Guest. The inaugural session was presided over by the Vice-Chancellor & Patron UCAAHF, Dr. J Kumar. The speakers of the four technical sessions included Dr. Y L Nene, Dr. SPS Beniwal, founder trustee of the foundation (AAHF) and freelance international consultant in agricultural research, innovation systems and development; Padam Shri Subhash Palekar, Advisor to Government of Andhra Pradesh for Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF); Shri Vijay Jardhari, veteran activist of Beej Bachao Andolan from Uttarakhand; Shri Gadde Satish Babu, an outstanding organic farmer using traditional agriculture practices in Andhra Pradesh; Shri Tara Chand Belji, a progressive experienced farmer of Madhya Pradesh, disseminating innovative techniques of traditional agriculture at a large scale; and Dr. Swami Bhoomanand Saraswati, Director, Centre for Tradition Knowledge Research Application (CTKRA) AKS University, Satna, Madhya Pradesh.