All India Conference on Livestock and Dairy Development Gandhinagar - 11th June 2013

“What a Farmer Teaches, No University Can Teach” – Shri. Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat

 

·    Increasing the population of animals will not help. “The need is to increase productivity.

·    Nation’s development rate will surge when the common man is integrated in the development journey and can make an effective contribution to the progress of the nation.

·    Needed to use modern technologies in all aspects including agriculture.

·    More than 8,000 farmers from 28 different states of India attended this two-day event.

·    Exposure visit of farmers to Panchmahal Dairy at Godhra and SUMUL Dairy for experiencing the dairy processing techniques and Ayurvet hydroponics fodder.

 

Animal husbandry stands as the second largest economic activity in agriculture sector in the country. It is an ancestral, customary and most acceptable livelihood activity for semi skilled and unskilled villagers. It provides supplementary but sustainable livelihood to the rural families.

Gujarat State has been pioneer in bringing White Revolution in the Country with a classical organized Co-operative structure for livestock breeding, milk production, milk procurement, processing and its marketing.

The All India Conference on Livestock and Dairy Development was jointly organized by Department of Animal Husbandry and Gujarat Livestock Development Board, J. K. Trust, Gujarat Veterinary Council, BAIF in collaboration with various Govt Departments, Dairies and NGOs and other stakeholder and organizations associated with livestock and dairy sector at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar during 11-12 June 2013.

The inaugural function was presided over by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri. Narendra Modi.  There were five parallel technical sessions on different themes on  service delivery system in animal husbandry, present scenario and future challenges in milk production, fodder, fertilizer and livestock development, impact of climate change on livestock production, strategies for sustainable dairy development, remunerative self-employment and rural development, women empowerment and animal health and disease prevention and control.

 

 

 Speaking on the occasion Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri. Narendra Modi spoke about the need to use modern technology in all aspects including agriculture and affirmed that the nation’s development rate will surge when the common man is integrated in the development journey and can make an effective contribution to the progress of the nation.  Hon’ble CM further said, “ I will be with you for the entire day and will learn from you. What a farmer teaches, no university can teach.

 

Hon’ble CM stressed on the importance of productivity in the present circumstances when the population is increasing and the amount of land with an individual is decreasing. He further said that productivity must be increased through scientific methods with latest technology. Talking about the animal husbandry sector Hon’ble CM opined that Gujarat already has a good network of cooperatives and dairy but pointed that only increasing the population of animals will not help. “ The need is to increase productivity. In an animal is giving 2 litres of milk everyday, how can we make it 3, 4, 5 or 6 litres? And how can we do it scientifically?”.

 

 The Hon’ble Chief Minister also mooted the ideas of having 4-6 zones as grassland zones which can be of help during the time of drought or when the natural conditions become adverse for farmers. He said that the Government has thought of making the areas next to the Narmada canal into grasslands, which can help during times of scanty monsoon. Hon’ble CM stressed on enhancement of human resource development potential. CM talked about the upcoming AgroTech Fair in Gujarat  and shared that while the Government was considering holding this fair in early 2014, they will now hold the fair towards the end of 2013        itself.                                                            

 

 

Apart from Hon’ble CM of Gujarat , Hon’ble Agriculture Minister Shri. Babubhai Bokhiria, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, The Ambassador of Denmark to India Shri. Freddy Svane, Shri Liladhar Vaghela, Hon’ble Minister of State Animal Husbandry, Shri. Giriraj Singh, Hon’ble Minister of Animal Husbandry, Bihar were also present during the occasion.

Hon’ble Animal Husbandry Minister of Bihar State, Shri. Giriraj Singh stated that for the success of rural community, we need to integrated livestock and agriculture is important. He also recommended that the 5 Fs (Food, Feed, Fodder, Fuel and Fertilizer) formula need to be integrated and advocated to fulfil the need of rural economy.

Team Ayurvet was fortunate enough to meet the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat State, Shri. Narendra Modi. During the deliberation the members of the Ayurvet shared the opportunities/technologies, which Ayurvet could bring to Gujarat for benefit of the farming community. 

 

 

 

 

 

NABARD's 32nd Foundation Day: Hon'ble Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri.Bhupinder Singh Hooda Appreciated the Efforts of Ayurvet Research Foundation

NABARD's 32^nd Foundation Day

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda Apprecited the Efforts of Ayurvet Research Foundation

 

Ayurvet Research Foundation got appreciated by Shri. Bhupinder Singh Hooda,  Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana on the occasion of 32^nd Foundation Day Celebration of NABARD on 12^th July 2013 at Panchkula, Chandigarh. This award of honour was received for creating the maximum numbers of Kisan Clubs and taking active participation in rural development  programmes by the support of NABARD in the year 2012-13.

Shri. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana was the Chief Guest of the event. The award of honour and certificate for recognition from NABARD was received by the representatives Dr. R.S.Balhara and Shri. Balram Dass and Mr. K. Ravikanth (Vice President, Ayurvet Limited) of  Ayurvet Research Foundation  during the award function.

 

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri. Bhupinder Singh Hooda

bestowing award of appreciation in rural uplifment services to ARF (Ayurvet Research Foundation)

Ayurvet Research Fondation is committedly working for the welfare and societal benefit of farmers since 2007 in the areas of Haryana (Sonipat & Panipat).  In the year 2012-13 ARF has been actively creating the Kisan Clubs with the support of NABARD. The farmers took advantage from these Kisan Clubs. In previous year ARF has created 53 kisan clubs. The main objective of this club is to disseminate the latest technological advancement  in farming and farm credit schemes for benefiting the farmers for improving their socio-economic status.

 

 

During the occasion Shri. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana announced the launch of ‘Mandi Payment Scheme’ in the State for the benefit of the farmers and to ensure they get remunerative prices of their produce. Hon’ble Minister further said that the scheme would be named after former Punjab Hon’ble Chief Minister Shir. Pratap Singh Kairon, who had made outstanding contribution for the welfare of farming community after the independence of the country. The ‘Mandi Payment Scheme’ would bring more transparency in the transaction of farmers’ produce in the mandis.

Describing this as a progressive scheme, Hon’ble Chief Minister said that under this scheme, Mandi Debit Card would be made available to all the farmers of the State. The cards fitted with smart chip would enable them to know about the actual price and weight of their produce at the time of selling of their produce in the mandis. These Debit Cards would also be provided to Adhatis. The Hon’ble Chief Minister siad that an agreement has been signed with 18 Banks for the implementation of this scheme in Haryana.

The Hon’ble Chief Minister said that the there were 1765 Kisan Clubs in the State and the Government has made efforts to strengthen the Kisan Clubs. He reminded that last year he had announced that such clubs would also be formed at Sub Divisional Level. These clubs were being provided funds at the rate of Rs1lakh at district level and Rs60,000 per annum for Sub Divisional level.

On this occasion, Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri. Bhupinder Singh Hooda gave away awards to 22 best performing farmers club from all the districts in addition to their promoting agencies like Commercial Banks, Cooperative Banks and NGOs.

Revolution in Rice Cultivation through Ayurvet ProGreen Hydroponics Technology

Mega Farmer Meet and Demonstration of Hydroponic Paddy Transplanting through Mahindra Transplanter

 

Ayurvet in collaboration with KRBL Ltd and Mahindra and Mahindra successfully organized maga farmer meet on 22^nd June 2013, Saturday in Jawer Village, Near Chattanga District, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.

 This meeting was attended by around 250- 300 farmers from near by villages of Jawer along with senior official including scientists, researchers, innovators and the industry engaged in agriculture sector.  Senior officials from Ayurvet Limited includes Mr. M. J. Saxena, Dr. Anup Kalra and team, KRBL Ltd team included Mr. Ashok Chand and team , Mahinda & Mahindra included Mr.Shyam Vembar and team. The participants drew attention on paddy nursery challenges and opportunities present in India and farmer adopting new technology in agriculture with major emphasis on paddy farmers.

 The paddy nursery transplantation raised through Ayurvet ProGreen Hydroponics Technology was done in  collaboration with KRBL Ltd seeds and Mahindra Mahindra Rice transplanters.  More acreage would be done in the next few days.

Hydroponically Grown Paddy Nursery Transplantation

Through Mahindra Rice Transplanters.

Hydroponics is the science of soilless growing of plants in nutrient rich solutions with very little water. It is a technique where the physiological requirements of plants can be met without use of soil or natural sunlight. Hydroponics techniques have proven it to be very useful and efficient for producing food for livestock. The food that is available is free from undesirable materials such as weeds, insects, dust, insecticides, germicides, carcinogens.

We at Ayurvet had taken lead in undertaking the Research and Development in the area of Hydroponics for production of green feeds/ paddy nursery since 2007. The studies with help of experts have demonstrated that hydroponic paddy nursery helped in saving 18 days time at nursery stage and increased paddy yield by 10-15% along with 95% saving of land and water upto 95%.

Mahindra & KRBL are the leading companies in their own field and have aimed towards sustainable farmers growth and development with use of modern technology.

 

Officials from ARF, Mahindra & KRBL during

 Kisan Gosthi on dias addressing farmers

 

Ayurvet is the leading animal health care and nutrition company, which has been providing innovative, scientific proven herbal and nutrition solutions for improving the health of livestock.  The company was established in 1992 as Dabur Ayurvet Limited. Ayurvet, has been promoting “Sustainable Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Practices” and constantly innovating, adopting and supporting technologies which are environment friendly, viable and farmer friendly. 

KRBL Ltd-. The company processes paddy. Its products are par-boiled sella basmati rice and raw basmati rice. It exports its entire produce to Saudi Arabia. It has its manufacturing unit at Achreja (Ghaziabad district), Uttar Pradesh. The company has a paddy-processing capacity of 7.5 tph. The company completed an expansion scheme to process 10 tph of paddy, at a site adjoining the present one, by installing a state-of-the-art rice-milling plant from Buhler, Germany.

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M) is an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest vehicle manufacturers by production in the Republic of India. It is a part of Mahindra Group, an Indian conglomerate.

For more information may contact –

Dr. Anup Kalra, CEO (ARF), e-mail – akalra@ayurvet.com