Continuing Extension Education Programme held at SKUAST-K

GNSONLINE SRINAGAR

SHAKIR BHAT

SRINAGAR MAY 26:– Directorate of Extension today on 25th May, 2022 organized a continuing extension education programme for fertilizer and input dealers and DAESI candidates at Shalimar Campus in which in which Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Prof. Nazir Ahmad Ganai was the Chief Guest. Prof. Ananta Giri, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai was Guest speaker who spoke on “With and Beyond Sustainable Development: New Horizons of Planetary Heartworks and Ecosattivic Badhichitta and the Calling of Evolutionary Flourishing”. The prominent officers on dice included Prof. Dil Mohammad Makhdomi, Director Extension, Prof. M.N. Khan, Director Education and Prof. Ananta Giri, Guest speaker. Scientists of Directorate of Extension
The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor SKUAST-K, Prof. Nazir Ahmad Ganai expressed the dire need of organizing such continued extension education programmes for building the character and invoking the ethical values among youth. He praised Prof. Ananta Giri and appreciated Director Extension, Prof. Dil Mohammd Makhdoomi for organizing such programmes. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor expressed his concern over indiscriminate use of pesticide and fertilizer. He stressed on the best practices for preventing and managing pests by using judicious use of pesticides.
Director Extension, Prof. Dil Mohammad Makhdoomi stressed for adhering to importance of extension and its services for improvement and overall development of agriculture. He appreciated using bio-pesticides, bio-fertilizers and vermicomposting in use and said that we should practice multiple cropping system.
In his lecture, Prof. Ananta Giri said that Agriculture Revolution was possible only because of the collaboration of scientists, extension workers and bankers. He stressed upon minimum use of pesticides and said that Sustainable agriculture is related with sustainable development and dealing with people means dealing with climate. He also said that dealing with pesticides means dealing with environment, climate and soil. He concluded with the remarks that we should work with honesty, sincerity, truthfulness, dedicatedly and respectfully and said that Biodiversity is linked with cultural diversity, we need creativity with courage and adventure.
The programme was concluded with vote of thanks