National Level Training On Natural Resource Management Concludes At PAU
Author(s): City Air NewsLudhiana, December 7, 2015: The 29th national level training course on “Natural Resource Management vis–a-vis Climate Change”concluded at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) today. The three-week course was...
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Dec 7, 2015 12:30
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Ludhiana, December 7, 2015: The 29th national level training course on “Natural Resource Management vis–a-vis Climate Change”concluded at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) today. The three-week course was organized by the Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT), Department of Soil Science, PAU under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. As many as 12 participants from different ICAR institutes and State Agricultural Universities attended the course.
The Chief Guest, Dr H. S. Dhaliwal, Dean, College of Agriculture, PAU observed, “In recent times, the rate of global warming has increased manifold and has resulted in shifting of growing seasons of major crops.” According to a recent World Bank Report, ripples of climate change will push more than 100 million extra people into poverty by 2030, and sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will be the hardest hit region, he disclosed. Climate change threatens global yield losses as large as 5 per cent in 2030 to 30 per cent in 2080, he said. In this back drop, organizing such trainings on natural resource management in changing climate for optimizing and sustaining crop yields, and economic and environmental benefits assume great significance, he added. Later, Dr Dhaliwal distributed the certificates among the participating scientists.
Dr M.S. Hadda, Acting Head, Department of Soil Science, said the distinguished resource persons from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Borlaug Institute for South-Asia (BISA), etc. delivered lectures. He highlighted that the Department of Soil Science was awarded ICAR sponsored Centre of Advance Studies (CAS) in 1994. Since 1995, the department has organized 28 CAS/CAFT trainings and trained more than 500 scientists so far, he added.
Dr O.P. Choudhary, Chief-Coordinator, CAFT said the experts dwelt on climate smart agriculture, weather forecasting, heat stress and its mitigation strategies, modern agriculture with focus on natural resources and climate change, managing plant nutrients in relation to food production and climate change, use of crop residues, organic manures and biochar for ecological agriculture, advance technologies to increase water use efficiency, micro-irrigation and fertigation techniques, and machinery for crop residue management. The trainees also received hands-on-training on the use of advanced equipment, he informed.
Dr R. B. Sharma, former Director (Research), IGKV, Raipur delivered a lecture and interacted with the participants on various aspects of the training.
Dr B.B. Vashisht, Coordinator of the training programme, proposed the vote of thanks. During the training, the participating scientists were taken to Sewage Treatment Plant, Bhattian; BISA Farm, Ladhowal; Centre of Excellence on Brackish Water, Jodhpur Farm, and Research Station, Bathinda.
Date:
Monday, December 7, 2015
