e-NEWSLETTERe-NEWSLETTERe-NEWSLETTERAPRIL 2018

Editor-in-Chief:Dr.R.C.Srivastava

Editor:Dr.KumarRajyavardhan

DearReaders,th

DrRajendraPrasadCentralAgriculturalUniversitycameintoexistenceon7 October,

2016 after conversion of Rajendra Agriculture University, Bihar, Pusa established onrd3 December, 1970. It is named after the most illustrious son of the soil, Bharat Ratna

Dr.RajendraPrasad.TheUniversityoffers9undergraduatedegree,18postgraduatedegree

(includingMBAinAgribusinessprogramme)and09Ph.DProgramme.

TheUniversity has developed a large number of cereals, pulses, oil seeds, tubers,

species,milletsandhorticulturecropsvarietiesfordifferentagro-ecologicalsituations.Ithas

released126importantcropveritiesincludinghybrids.Researchinagriculturalengineering

hasledtothedevelopmentofbetterfarmmachinery.ExtensionactivitiesofUniversityhave

been accelerated through various KVKs. The University has started new initiatives in

conformitywithGovernmentofIndiapolicy.Theseare(i)Doublingfarmersincome(ii)Har

KhetKoPani(iii)Soilhealthmanagement(iv)Enhancingpulseproductionand(v)Morecrop

perdrop,andevaluationofirrigationsystembasedonundergroundpipeline,Microirrigation

systemforintercropSugarcaneandmaizecrop.

In the past two years after becoming a Central University a lot of infrastructural,

academic,administrativeandresearchrelateddevelopmenthastakenplace.Tonameafew,

fortyclassroomshavebeenprovidedwithsmartpodium,sugarcanevarietieswithhigher

sucrosepercentage,bettervarietiesofWheat,Mushroom,Riceandothercropshavebeen

released.Scientistsaredoingremarkablejobinresearchaswellasextensionsothatfarmers

oftheregionandcountryasawholemaygetbene�itted.AsfarastheeducationisconcernedI

wanttosaythatwearecommittedtoprovidequalityeducationwithappropriateskillsto

transformthelivesofourstudents.Itismyprivilegetoemphasizethatwearecreatingoneof

thebestinfrastructuresandateamofhighlyquali�iedanddedicatedfacultymemberstoshape

upthebetterandbrightertomorrowofourstudentswithvariedtalents.PublicationDivision

isprintingvariousbooksandquarterlynewslettertohighlightthoseachievements.Butnow

wearelivinginadigitalera.Thecommunicationscenariohaschangedandwithadventof

technologyweareabletopassonthemessageinstantlyandinabetterway.Tokeeppacewith

thisdevelopment,wehavedecidedtostartpublishingeNewsletter.

Itgivesmeimmensepleasuretopresent�irsteditionofeNewsletterofDrRajendra

Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, which highlights the

importanteventsandachievementsofpastonemonth.Ihopeyouwillenjoyreading.

HappyReading!!!!!

R.C.Srivastava

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Brainstorming Session on "TechnicalBackstoppingbyAgriculturalUniversities:Away forward in Implementat ion o fAgricultural Road Map of Bihar" wasorganised on 25 April 2018 in VidyapatiSabhagar of the University. The role ofAgriculturalUniversitiesandICARInstitutesoftheregionwerediscussedindetailwithanaim o traceout technologyawarenessgap tbetween universities and department ofagriculture.

StateLevelKisanMelawasorganisedth th

form13 to15 AprilatMotihari inwhichvariousteamsofDrRajendraPrasadCentralAgricultural University participated. DrRameshChandraSrivastavaViceChancellorof Dr RPCAU also attended the program.Hon'bleCentralAgricultureMinisterRadhaMohanSinghjiinauguratedMatsyaBandhu'a mobile fridge' designed by Dr RPCAUscientists,whichispoweredbysolarpanel.This device helps �ish retailers to avoiddistresssaleinlatehoursandalsoprovideahygienicwayof storing �ishon roadside. Itcanalsobeusedfor�ishsellinggoingaroundcity mohalla. Hon'ble Minister of State forAgriculture Sri Parshottam Rupala ji

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S ENGAGEMENT

inaugurated Mobile Soil Testing Lab of DrRPCAUatMelaground.

Honourable Union Agriculture andFarmersWelfareMinister,ShriRadhaMohanSingh, Director ATARI, Patna and otherdignitaries visited stalls of Dr RajendraPrasadCentralAgricultureUniversity,Pusaand stalls of other Krishi Vigyan Kendraattached with the University, on 14 April,2018. They showed keen interest in valueadded product from banana �ibre, Mithilapainting, bio-products, bamboo furnitureand others. Scientists and farmers presenttheir answered the queries of guests.H onou ra b l e A g r i c u l t u r e M i n i s t e rappreciatedtheeffortofScientists.

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Inthismela,theUniversitygotbeststallprize during closing ceremony of state levelagriculturefair.ViceChancellorofDrRPCAUDrRameshChnadraSrivastavacongratulatedtheUniversityteammembersandwishedthatuniversity faculty members and staff willcontinuetoworkincloseco-ordination.

ViceChancellorofDrRajendraPrasadCentral Agricultural University Dr. RameshChandra Srivastava attended Round TableConference on the topic of “Unleashing of

thPotentialofBiharAgriculture”atPatnaon27 April 2018. Conference was organized todiscuss working paper prepared by IndianCouncilofInternationalEcoResearch.ItwasattendedbyDeputyCM,ShriSushilModialongwithministersofagriculture,waterresourcesand energy. Agr icul ture Product ionCommissioner and Principal Secretaries ofrelated departmentswere also present. ViceChancellor presented a brief of differenttechnology developed at university whichwerehighlyappreciated.

Work on Mushroom program underTribalSubPlanisgoingoninthetribalvillagesof Jamui district. Vice-Chanellor visited thevillagesinJamuiandappreciatedtheeffortofDr.DayaramprincipalscientistofMushroomProduction. A spawn production unit is alsofunctioninginthisarea.Thesigni�icantpartofwhole spawn unit is that two school goingdaughters of family has been trained to doculturing in Laminar �low apparates. Tribalmembers of the village welcomed the ViceChancellor in traditional way and informedhim that because of Mushroom Productionnowtheyareabletoearnmore.Dr.Dayaraminformed the Vice Chancellor about theprogress in Mushroom Production trainingand said that a very good linkage of Spawnproduction, Mushroom production andMarketinghasbeenestablishedinthearea.

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23April,2018Hon'bleViceChancellor,

DirectorExtensionEducation,NodalOf�icer

(KVKs)andallthePCsfromKVKsattended

the meeting at Department of Extension

Education,DRPCAU,Pusatodiscussoverthe

emerging trends of communication in the

�ieldofextensioneducation.

KrishiVigyanKendraJaleorganisedan

exposure visit of farmers of keoti block at

KVK. The visit was sponsored by ATMA,

Da rbhanga more t h an 50 f a rmer s

participated in the visit and learnt news

techniquesoffarming.

Dr. Shailendra Rajan, Director CISH

Lucknow, visited Krishi Vigyan Kendra

Vaishalion26thApril2018.Heappreciated

theeffortofscientistpostedinKVKVaishali

foragriculturaldevelopmentofthearea.He

also visited Panama Wilt affected �ield of

Banana.

KrishiVigyanKendra,Piprakothiteam

participated in the programme "National

Panchayati Raj Divas" organised at villagethNarha, Tetariya block on 24 April 2018.

Hon'ble Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Minister, Government of India, Shri Radha

Mohan Sigh informed the gathering about

the various schemes sponsored by central

and state government for the overall

development of framers and poor families.

Hesaidthegovernmentiscommittedtoward

inclusive growth of the region. He also

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appreciatedtheeffortofKVK,Piprakothiat

Narha Panapur panchayat. More than �ive

hundred farmers and various government

.of�icialsof stateandcentreparticipated in

thisprogramme.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra Begusarai

organised twoday trainingprogramme for

the framers on the topic of “Fruits andthVegetablePreservation”initscampuson24

thand 25 May. In this training programme

more than 30 rural women and farmers

participated and learnt the techniques of

preserving fruits and vegetable for longer

duration.Fruitsandvegetableperishesvery

fastbecauseofwhichfarmersusetosellitin

cheaper rates. After the training farmers

opinedthatthistrainingwasverybene�icial

tothemandnowtheyshallnotbeforcedto

sellitinhasteincheaperrates.

Kr ish i V igyan Kendra Va isha l i

organised participation of farmers at state

skillcompetition2018.Theskillcompetitionstwas held on 21 Aril at Bihar Veterinary

College,Patna.

K r i sh i V i g yan Kendra B i rau l i

organised training cum demonstration ofth

MobileDalMilon17 AprilatPunasvillages

inPanchrukhi,BlockSamastipur.Morethan

50 farmers from thevillageparticipated in

thistraining.

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Krishi Vigyan Kendra Manjhi, Saran

organised 15 day vocational training onth

IntegratedFarmingSystemfrom17 Apriltond

2 May 2018. Farmers enthusiastically

participated in the program. Various

scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra and

Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural

University trained the farmers about the

scienti�ic method of farming so that their

earningmaygetdoubled.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra ,Sitamarhith

organisedaKisanGoshthion14 April2018

tocelebratethebirthanniversaryofDr.B.R.

Ambedkar. In this Kisan Gosthi, various

farmers participated and discussed their

agricultural problems with the scientist of

theKVK.Scientistsexplainedthemaboutthe

solutionsoftheiragriculturalproblemsand

encouraged them to adopt new scienti�ic

methodoffarming.Scientistsalsoinformed

thefarmersaboutthecontributionofDrBR

Ambedkarinframingtheconstitution.

FielddayandcropcuttingofZTWheat

was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra

Piprakothi at village Birta Tola in the

presenceofNodalof�icerKVK,DRPCAUonth14 April2018.VarietyofthewheatwasHD

2967.ThiswasKVK-CSISAproject�ieldtrial

andyieldwas4.73t/ha.

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MatsyaBandhuismobilefridgedesignedbyDr.RajendraPrasadCentralAgricultureUniversity.Thisdevicehelps�ishretailerstoavoiddistresssaleinlatehours.Italsoprovidesahygienicwayof�ishstooge.Thismobilefridgeispoweredbysolarsystemandbatteries.Itdoesnotnecessarilyrequireelectricitysoitcanbeusedfor�ishsellingroamingintothestreetsofcityandmohallas.

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY DRPCAU, PUSA

SOLAR TREE FOR IRRIGATION

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NEW TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTED BY DRPCAU, PUSA.

Intheareaslikediaralandswhereelectriclinescouldnotbelaidduetofrequent�loodsandfarmersareforcedtoadopt the costly alternative of dies pumping systems forirrigationtotheir�ileds.Thelighttexturedsoilandundulatingtopography of these lands require frequent watering. TheSolarTreeswhichareconsideredsaferfromtheintensionaldamagetothepanelsandofferabout20%higheref�iciencyare being tried as an alternative to the diesel pumps. Thesubmersible pumps which can be operated through thissystem further enhances the ef�iciency of pumping andirrigation.Italsoprovidesfavourableenvironmentfortheuseofpressurizedirrigationsystemswhichareconsideredtobethebestalternativeundertheprevailingsituationsofthearea.• Installationcoversonly10m²land.• Costabout5.50-6.00lakh (withoutpumpandtubewell)• 5kw capacitytreecanoperatea5hppump.P

Assistants:SushilKumarSingh,SanjeevKumar,Photographer:K.K.Verma