Agricultural Engineer

31/08/2016

Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) can be defined as the growing of plants and the raising of animals within and around cities.

Urban and peri-urban agriculture provides food products from different types of crops (grains, root crops, vegetables, mushrooms, fruits), animals (poultry, rabbits, goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, guinea pigs, fish, etc.) as well as non-food products (e.g. aromatic and medicinal herbs, ornamental plants, tree products).

UPA includes trees managed for producing fruit and fuelwood, as well as tree systems integrated and managed with crops (agroforestry) and small-scale aquaculture.FOR MORE INFORMATION go to www.fao.org

15/06/2016

22/04/2016

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year.

28/02/2016

15/01/2016

Makar Sankranti is a major harvest festival celebrated in various parts of India.The movement of the earth from one zodiac sign into another is called Sankranti and as the Sun moves into the Capricorn zodiac known as Makar in Sanskrit, this occasion is named as Makar Sankranti in the Indian context. On this day of Makar Sankranti, Lord Surya is worshiped in the form of nature of Worship.It is one of the best Hindu Indian festivals.The festival is highly regarded by Hindus from North India to down in South India. Makar Sankranti also called festival of thanksgiving. Sankranti, apart from a harvest festival is also regarded as the beginning of an auspicious phase in Indian culture. It is said as the ‘holy phase of transition’."THIS IS AGRICULTURAL FESTIVAL".

03/01/2016

Happy 2016, International Year of Pulses!

are a vital source of plant-based proteins and amino acids for people around the globe & have a key role in sustainable food production for food security and nutrition: bit.ly/1DV3Y05

31/12/2015

25/12/2015

Celebration of ‘Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan’ Week

Indian Council of Agricultural Research is celebrating ‘Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan’ Week from 23 December to 29 December 2015 on the birth anniversary of former Prime Ministers Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Late Shri Chaudhary Charan Singh. The celebration is being organized keeping in view their immense contribution for promoting use of science for the welfare of farmers.

ICAR Institutes and KVKs across the country are organizing various farmer awareness programs aiming showcasing and demonstration of new technological advances for enhancing productivity and profitability of agriculture. Progressive farmers who have successfully adopted latest technologies and have made contribution in wide scale adoption of technologies by farmers will be honored.

To attract students towards agriculture essay writing competition, debates, group discussion, quiz competitions etc. will also be arranged in schools and colleges.