Agriculture and allied sectors like horticulture (fruits, vegetables, flowers, plantation crops, spices, aromatic and medicinal plants), bee keeping, dairying, poultry, fisheries and sericulture as a core of Indian economy contribute more than 20% to gross domestic product (GDP) and serve as vital sources of raw materials and demand of many industrial products like fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural implements, a variety of other consumer goods, service units thereby grant livelihood to almost 50% of the Indian population. Under existing agricultural system, Haryana has made splendid growth in production of food and allied crops that helped feeding the mammoth population of our country. Now, with entrepreneurial status, it is to bring further improvement in production, processing and marketing for sustaining the availability of safe and secure food for ever increasing huge population and to meet the requirements mainly of large farming community not only as a source of self-employment, livelihood and ultimate economic upliftment but also to generate enough work opportunity for other people associated with this system. Agro-climatic conditions of Haryana are favorable for growing a wide range of horticultural crops that occupied around 5.23 lakh ha area producing 80.2 lakh MT during 2016-17. Likewise, the dairy industry, poultry, fisheries, bee-keeping etc. having export potential that may generate large employ- ment opportunities for rural population are important in socio-economic development of the state. The schemes operative in horticulture, animal husbandry and fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and that of food processing industries actively engaged in promotion of entrepreneur- ial activities in the segments of fruits and vegetables as well as fish processing also provide avenues for marketing of these commodities and products for the benefit of both farmers and consumers. National Capital city New Delhi, a potentially large market existing at the doorstep of Haryana may provide better opportunity for fresh fruits and vegetable crops and other products generated by farming community in the NCR peri-urbanities. Hence, there exists innumerable business opportunities in the agriculture and allied sectors. Farmers from all over the Haryana state can make efforts in these sectors for unleashing their existing potentialities as well as for exploring the untapped areas and markets. Initiatively, some start-ups in marketing are coming forward towards the upliftment of agriculture sector with innovative ideas to help farmers for marketing of their produce to earn more; however, the introduction of agriculture market platform by the government will make the entire ecosystem of trade very effective. Vol. 8, No. 1 A Quarterly Newsletter January - March, 2018 HARYANA KISAN AYOG Newsletter • 3 Agri Leadership Summit-2018 • Doguni Ho Kisano Ki Aye-Deve Apni Rai • Visit of The National Farmers' Commission of Nepal • Interaction Meeting with Poultry Farmers • Top-100 Stakeholders Agri Meet- 2018 • Meeting of WG on Promotion of Peri-Urban Agriculture in Haryana • National Conference on “Agriculture 2022- Doubling Farmers’ Income • Meeting of WG on Mushroom Cultivation in Haryana • Training Program at CSSRI, Karnal • Meeting of WG on Promotion of Organic Farming in Haryana • Seminar on Honey Bee-keeping • Kisan Mela at Village Ramthali, Guhla-Cheeka, Kaithal • Farmer Fair at Indri, Karnal • Kisan Gosthi, Palwal • Nineth Asian Buffalo Congress • Seminar on Doubling Farmer's Income • Brain-storming Session on Stubble Management • Jagran Vimarsh-Integrated Farming • Joining of Consultants at Haryana Kisan Ayog • Obituary Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava
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Agriculture and allied sectors like horticulture (fruits,
vegetables, flowers, plantation crops, spices,
aromatic and medicinal plants), bee keeping,
dairying, poultry, fisheries and sericulture as a core
of Indian economy contribute more than 20% to
gross domestic product (GDP) and serve as vital
sources of raw materials and demand of many
industrial products like fertilizers, pesticides,
agricultural implements, a variety of other consumer
goods, service units thereby grant livelihood to
almost 50% of the Indian population.
Under existing agricultural system, Haryana has made splendid growth in production of food and allied
crops that helped feeding the mammoth population of our country. Now, with entrepreneurial status, it is
to bring further improvement in production, processing and marketing for sustaining the availability of
safe and secure food for ever increasing huge population and to meet the requirements mainly of large
farming community not only as a source of self-employment, livelihood and ultimate economic
upliftment but also to generate enough work opportunity for other people associated with this system.
Agro-climatic conditions of Haryana are favorable for growing a wide range of horticultural crops that
occupied around 5.23 lakh ha area producing 80.2 lakh MT during 2016-17. Likewise, the dairy
industry, poultry, fisheries, bee-keeping etc. having export potential that may generate large employ-
ment opportunities for rural population are important in socio-economic development of the state. The
schemes operative in horticulture, animal husbandry and fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers’ Welfare and that of food processing industries actively engaged in promotion of entrepreneur-
ial activities in the segments of fruits and vegetables as well as fish processing also provide avenues for
marketing of these commodities and products for the benefit of both farmers and consumers.
National Capital city New Delhi, a potentially large market existing at the doorstep of Haryana may
provide better opportunity for fresh fruits and vegetable crops and other products generated by farming
community in the NCR peri-urbanities. Hence, there exists innumerable business opportunities in the
agriculture and allied sectors. Farmers from all over the Haryana state can make efforts in these sectors
for unleashing their existing potentialities as well as for exploring the untapped areas and markets.
Initiatively, some start-ups in marketing are coming forward towards the upliftment of agriculture sector
with innovative ideas to help farmers for marketing of their produce to earn more; however, the
introduction of agriculture market platform by the government will make the entire ecosystem of trade
smart agriculture institutes, “Atal Kheti Bari Khata”, bringing 10%
land under organic farming; straw management; maintaining soil
health; cow rearing, making Haryana No.1 in milk production;
promoting poultry and fish farming; fashionable farming;
increasing marketing facilities etc. He told that the market of NCR
Delhi is biggest opportunity for us. “Delhi Mange Fresh, Haryana
Per Hai Crush”.
Speaking on this occasion, Sh. Manish Grover, Minister of State,
Co-operatives opined that doubling the farmers' income will
provide permanent solution to all problems of the farmers and we
are confident to achieve this target by 2022. Cooperatives can
help to increase the income of farmers. The discussion held in this
meeting will help to give new shape of agriculture in Haryana.
Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava, Chairman, Haryana Kisan Ayog was
of the view that trainings should be provided to the enthusiastic
young farmers interested in becoming agriculture entrepreneurs.
They should be encouraged to practice and promote organic
farming. He emphasized on the fact that income can only be
doubled if our farmers are ready to indulge in new ventures apart
from conventional farming for example, horticulture, fisheries,
mushroom cultivation, honey beekeeping, dairying etc. He further
suggested that soil health should be improved, beekeeping should
be included in the IFS model and bee friendly crops/ varieties
should be grown. He further stressed that quality seed of improved
varieties/hybrids should be made available to the farmers well in
time. Use of tissue culture should be promoted for multiplication of
quality planting material and land use plan for each farmer should
be prepared. Sh. Ajay Gaur, Chairman, HLRDC suggested that
agricultural education should be strengthened and time bound
information should be given to farmers.
Mrs. Navraj Sandhu, ACS, Cooperation stressed upon the
integrated farming system. In her views cooperative farming
should be adopted, facilities should be created and GI branding of A view of the meeting with poultry farmers at Kisan Bhawan
Sh. Ratan Lal Kataria being honored at the meeting
Sh. Ramehar Singh being honoredHon'ble Agriculture Minister Sh. O.P. Dhankar addressing the delegates
The report of Working Group on Agricultural Extension being released
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A view of Top 100 Stakeholder Agri-Meet held at CCS HAU, Hisar
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produce should be done. Govt. should help cooperative
societies/FPOs for export of produce. Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, PS,
Agriculture told that there is lack of manpower in agriculture
department. Hence, there is need for use of progressive farmers/
NGOs for extension activities in Agriculture. Untapped villages
should be covered by Directorate of Agriculture and Directorate of
Horticulture. Sh. M.S. Brar, MD, HSAMB stressed on the FPOs,
Direct Marketing and 'Haryana Fresh'.
Prof. K.P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, CCS HAU, Hisar & MHU, Karnal
stated that challenge before us is to maintain the No.1 status of
Haryana in Agricultural production & household income. He
suggested that technology gap should be minimized by selecting
appropriate technologies for its successful adoption by farmers.
Agri-voltic polyhouses with flexible solar panels are needed to be
promoted, which generate electricity also. CCSHAU has initiated
a project on this aspect. Pesticide residue testing of agri-produce
like honey, milk etc. to be strengthened to match the international
standards. Separate budget for Agricultural Research Grant
should be provided by State Govt. for research projects on state
needs. University is working with tagline “Destiny of Agri-
preneurs” for attracting youths in Agriculture. Policy/ guidelines on
GM crops should be clear-cut. Dr. Gurdial Singh, Vice-Chancellor,
LUVAS emphasized upon Animal health, Animal Disease Free
Zones, Mobile ultrasound machines, Fertilized Sex Embryo
Implantation, Extension activities of animal husbandry and value
addition in animal products is profitable.
Dr. R.S. Dalal, Member Secretary, HKA said that roadmap is good
but there are roadblocks like lack of finance by banks. Post of
Director Agriculture should be technical or with a fixed tenure. In
dairy/ poultry units, installation of bio-gas unit should be
compulsory. Research grant should be given to the Universities by
the state Government for state needs. Strong inter linkage of
various departments should be there.
Dr. Rajbir Singh, Director, ATARI, Ludhiana emphasized upon
Piggery, goatry, beekeeping and Custom hiring centres for farm
machineries. He told that at International level, water footprints
and carbon footprints are gaining importance, so we need to work
in this direction. Subsidies/ incentives should be given only to
those who are doing scientific farming and using inputs like water
The first meeting of the Working Group was held on March 26,
2018 at Faculty House, MDU, Rohtak under the Chairmanship of
Dr. J.C. Katyal, Former Vice-Chancellor, CCS HAU, Hisar and
Chairman of the Working Group. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava,
Chairman, HKA also participated in the meeting. Dr. Neeta
Khanna, former Director of Research, LUVAS, Hisar, Dr. Sashi
Kumar Bhatia, former Professor and Head, Department of
Horticulture, CCS HAU, Hisar, Dr. Neelam Patel, Principal
Scientist and In-charge of CPCT at IARI, New Delhi (members of
the WG) and Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Research Associate, HKA were
also present in the meeting. The group members discussed the
literature available particularly the NAAS working paper on the
subject.
Chairman of the WG welcomed the members and discussed the
dimensions of Peri-Urban Agriculture under the terms of reference
for the group. It was decided that Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Research
Associate will assist in providing the data to working group
members on the topics given below from different agencies.
After detailed deliberations, following points emerged:
1. What should be the definition of peri-urban agriculture in
Indian context? Peri-urban area is a transition zone and
dynamic in nature as the area keeps changing from rural to
peri-urban and then urban. Assessment of peri- urban area is
necessary to implement policy for its development. About 13
districts are sharing their boundary with National Capital
Region and having major area under peri-urban agriculture.
Land utilization policy is needed for sustainable development
of this peri-urban area.
2. Assessment of area and production of horticultural crops,
dairy, poultry, fish and meat needs to be made. Concentration
of poultry, meat producing area and dairy with livestock
production within the peri-urban area needs to be assessed
for its share in their total market within the state.
3. Peri-urban area is having shortage of irrigation water,
therefore, farmers have been using sewage water for
irrigation because of easy availability and its richness in plant
nutrients. Slurry which is produced from waste water
treatment plants is also applied as fertilizer because of its low
to no cost. Application of untreated sewage water is not only
degrading the soil but also affecting the quality of the crop
produce. Impact of long term irrigation with sewage water on
crop and soil quality need to be assessed for development of
strategy for treating the sewage water to maintain the quality
of produce as per world standards.
4. Fish production is one of the areas which can be extended
particularly in water logged area such as Jhajjar and Badli.
Such areas can also be rehabilitated by application of lime for
bringing back under agriculture.
5. Initiatives for vegetable production in peri-urban area are
needed and clusters of such areas can be identified
considering their proximity to mandi and other local markets.
6. Vegetables and fruits are perishable commodities therefore,
processing and value addition needs to be encouraged and
processing centers need to be developed. The potential of
developing complete value chain needs to be worked out for
peri-urban areas of the state.
7. Customer preference for organic produce is giving the
opportunity to start cluster based organic cultivation of
vegetables and fruits. Potential of organic agriculture in peri-
urban area should be assessed and the potential clusters be
identified.
8. Crop diversification to stop the mono-culture is the need of the
time therefore, economically viable crops and cropping
systems considering farmers choice, available markets and
natural resources need to be promoted.
9. Protected cultivation using poly-houses, shade net-houses
and low tunnels need to be promoted for production of off
season vegetables and fruits in peri-urban areas. Existing
designs of poly-houses may be altered to provide adequate
strength to the structure. Options to promote protected
cultivation technology through FPO to cut down the cost
needs to be assessed.
10. Capacity building and skill development of farmers for
promotion of government schemes and projects is necessary,
therefore, training of different stakeholders may be started in a
mission mode.
judiciously. Dr. Inderjeet Singh, Director, CIRB, Hisar requested
that the recommendations of Haryana Kisan Ayog should be
implemented by the government. He informed that farmers can
become buffalo breeders and good quality animals should be kept
at block level. Subsidy for animal husbandry should be increased
rationaly with the contribution of this sector in comparison to
agriculture. Contribution for animal husbandry is 38% as
compared to 58% for agriculture as the former is contributing
higher towards GDP.
Dr. R.S. Balyan, Member, HKA said that component of organic
farming should be added to IFS model. Cost effective microbial
based catalysts have been developed in UK which can reduce the
green-house gases like CO and methane. Dr. Shyam Bhaskar, 2
Member, HKA emphasized upon establishment of high-tech dairy
units and scheme on Khoya making machines should be prepared
for better remuneration through value addition.
Sh. D.K. Behera, DG, Agriculture stressed upon the direct
marketing and told that under RKVY, 70% of budget is being made
available for post-harvest development. We should bring FPOs/
Farmer Companies under RKVY. Green manuring should be
promoted to improve soil health. Power plant is being established
to utilize crop residues. Dr. Arjun Singh Saini, DG, Horticulture
informed that after green revolution, there is need for golden, blue
and white revolutions. Extension activities are not proper due to
which technologies of Centres of Excellence/ University are not
being transferred to farmers. Digital agriculture and micro
irrigation should be promoted. Entrepreneurs feel hardship in
preparing project proposals. Model projects of different
enterprises should be prepared. Dr. G.S. Jakhar, DG, Animal
Husbandry said that there is need for awareness among farmers
for vaccination of animals. Six monthly regular vaccination of
animals is done in Haryana. However, there is need to increase
the lifespan of the vaccines by researchers or combined vaccine
should be developed, as vaccination leads to reduced production
for few days. Sh. R.K. Sangwan, Director Fisheries said that
department has introduced shrimps farming in saline water and
also suggested fish culture in waterlogged areas. The report of the
working group on Agricultural Extension was also released during
this meet.
Dr. Shyam Bhaskar, Member, Haryana Kisan Ayog participated in the National
Conference on "Agriculture 2022 – Doubling Farmers' Income" at National
Agriculture Science Complex (NASC), Pusa, New Delhi on February 19-20. In
the session of Group-7 (Livestock, Dairy & Allied sector) Dr. Bhaskar
emphasized the importance of livestock sector with more than 28.7%
contribution in Agri sector & help in promoting organic farming hasten the
process of doubling farmers income.
Group photo of participants
JANUARY - MARCH 2018 Haryana Kisan Ayog, Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 1
A view of Top 100 Stakeholder Agri-Meet held at CCS HAU, Hisar
8 JANUARY - MARCH 2018Haryana Kisan Ayog, Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 1 9
produce should be done. Govt. should help cooperative
societies/FPOs for export of produce. Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, PS,
Agriculture told that there is lack of manpower in agriculture
department. Hence, there is need for use of progressive farmers/
NGOs for extension activities in Agriculture. Untapped villages
should be covered by Directorate of Agriculture and Directorate of
Horticulture. Sh. M.S. Brar, MD, HSAMB stressed on the FPOs,
Direct Marketing and 'Haryana Fresh'.
Prof. K.P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, CCS HAU, Hisar & MHU, Karnal
stated that challenge before us is to maintain the No.1 status of
Haryana in Agricultural production & household income. He
suggested that technology gap should be minimized by selecting
appropriate technologies for its successful adoption by farmers.
Agri-voltic polyhouses with flexible solar panels are needed to be
promoted, which generate electricity also. CCSHAU has initiated
a project on this aspect. Pesticide residue testing of agri-produce
like honey, milk etc. to be strengthened to match the international
standards. Separate budget for Agricultural Research Grant
should be provided by State Govt. for research projects on state
needs. University is working with tagline “Destiny of Agri-
preneurs” for attracting youths in Agriculture. Policy/ guidelines on
GM crops should be clear-cut. Dr. Gurdial Singh, Vice-Chancellor,
LUVAS emphasized upon Animal health, Animal Disease Free
Zones, Mobile ultrasound machines, Fertilized Sex Embryo
Implantation, Extension activities of animal husbandry and value
addition in animal products is profitable.
Dr. R.S. Dalal, Member Secretary, HKA said that roadmap is good
but there are roadblocks like lack of finance by banks. Post of
Director Agriculture should be technical or with a fixed tenure. In
dairy/ poultry units, installation of bio-gas unit should be
compulsory. Research grant should be given to the Universities by
the state Government for state needs. Strong inter linkage of
various departments should be there.
Dr. Rajbir Singh, Director, ATARI, Ludhiana emphasized upon
Piggery, goatry, beekeeping and Custom hiring centres for farm
machineries. He told that at International level, water footprints
and carbon footprints are gaining importance, so we need to work
in this direction. Subsidies/ incentives should be given only to
those who are doing scientific farming and using inputs like water
The first meeting of the Working Group was held on March 26,
2018 at Faculty House, MDU, Rohtak under the Chairmanship of
Dr. J.C. Katyal, Former Vice-Chancellor, CCS HAU, Hisar and
Chairman of the Working Group. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava,
Chairman, HKA also participated in the meeting. Dr. Neeta
Khanna, former Director of Research, LUVAS, Hisar, Dr. Sashi
Kumar Bhatia, former Professor and Head, Department of
Horticulture, CCS HAU, Hisar, Dr. Neelam Patel, Principal
Scientist and In-charge of CPCT at IARI, New Delhi (members of
the WG) and Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Research Associate, HKA were
also present in the meeting. The group members discussed the
literature available particularly the NAAS working paper on the
subject.
Chairman of the WG welcomed the members and discussed the
dimensions of Peri-Urban Agriculture under the terms of reference
for the group. It was decided that Dr. Sandeep Kumar, Research
Associate will assist in providing the data to working group
members on the topics given below from different agencies.
After detailed deliberations, following points emerged:
1. What should be the definition of peri-urban agriculture in
Indian context? Peri-urban area is a transition zone and
dynamic in nature as the area keeps changing from rural to
peri-urban and then urban. Assessment of peri- urban area is
necessary to implement policy for its development. About 13
districts are sharing their boundary with National Capital
Region and having major area under peri-urban agriculture.
Land utilization policy is needed for sustainable development
of this peri-urban area.
2. Assessment of area and production of horticultural crops,
dairy, poultry, fish and meat needs to be made. Concentration
of poultry, meat producing area and dairy with livestock
production within the peri-urban area needs to be assessed
for its share in their total market within the state.
3. Peri-urban area is having shortage of irrigation water,
therefore, farmers have been using sewage water for
irrigation because of easy availability and its richness in plant
nutrients. Slurry which is produced from waste water
treatment plants is also applied as fertilizer because of its low
to no cost. Application of untreated sewage water is not only
degrading the soil but also affecting the quality of the crop
produce. Impact of long term irrigation with sewage water on
crop and soil quality need to be assessed for development of
strategy for treating the sewage water to maintain the quality
of produce as per world standards.
4. Fish production is one of the areas which can be extended
particularly in water logged area such as Jhajjar and Badli.
Such areas can also be rehabilitated by application of lime for
bringing back under agriculture.
5. Initiatives for vegetable production in peri-urban area are
needed and clusters of such areas can be identified
considering their proximity to mandi and other local markets.
6. Vegetables and fruits are perishable commodities therefore,
processing and value addition needs to be encouraged and
processing centers need to be developed. The potential of
developing complete value chain needs to be worked out for
peri-urban areas of the state.
7. Customer preference for organic produce is giving the
opportunity to start cluster based organic cultivation of
vegetables and fruits. Potential of organic agriculture in peri-
urban area should be assessed and the potential clusters be
identified.
8. Crop diversification to stop the mono-culture is the need of the
time therefore, economically viable crops and cropping
systems considering farmers choice, available markets and
natural resources need to be promoted.
9. Protected cultivation using poly-houses, shade net-houses
and low tunnels need to be promoted for production of off
season vegetables and fruits in peri-urban areas. Existing
designs of poly-houses may be altered to provide adequate
strength to the structure. Options to promote protected
cultivation technology through FPO to cut down the cost
needs to be assessed.
10. Capacity building and skill development of farmers for
promotion of government schemes and projects is necessary,
therefore, training of different stakeholders may be started in a
mission mode.
judiciously. Dr. Inderjeet Singh, Director, CIRB, Hisar requested
that the recommendations of Haryana Kisan Ayog should be
implemented by the government. He informed that farmers can
become buffalo breeders and good quality animals should be kept
at block level. Subsidy for animal husbandry should be increased
rationaly with the contribution of this sector in comparison to
agriculture. Contribution for animal husbandry is 38% as
compared to 58% for agriculture as the former is contributing
higher towards GDP.
Dr. R.S. Balyan, Member, HKA said that component of organic
farming should be added to IFS model. Cost effective microbial
based catalysts have been developed in UK which can reduce the
green-house gases like CO and methane. Dr. Shyam Bhaskar, 2
Member, HKA emphasized upon establishment of high-tech dairy
units and scheme on Khoya making machines should be prepared
for better remuneration through value addition.
Sh. D.K. Behera, DG, Agriculture stressed upon the direct
marketing and told that under RKVY, 70% of budget is being made
available for post-harvest development. We should bring FPOs/
Farmer Companies under RKVY. Green manuring should be
promoted to improve soil health. Power plant is being established
to utilize crop residues. Dr. Arjun Singh Saini, DG, Horticulture
informed that after green revolution, there is need for golden, blue
and white revolutions. Extension activities are not proper due to
which technologies of Centres of Excellence/ University are not
being transferred to farmers. Digital agriculture and micro
irrigation should be promoted. Entrepreneurs feel hardship in
preparing project proposals. Model projects of different
enterprises should be prepared. Dr. G.S. Jakhar, DG, Animal
Husbandry said that there is need for awareness among farmers
for vaccination of animals. Six monthly regular vaccination of
animals is done in Haryana. However, there is need to increase
the lifespan of the vaccines by researchers or combined vaccine
should be developed, as vaccination leads to reduced production
for few days. Sh. R.K. Sangwan, Director Fisheries said that
department has introduced shrimps farming in saline water and
also suggested fish culture in waterlogged areas. The report of the
working group on Agricultural Extension was also released during
this meet.
Dr. Shyam Bhaskar, Member, Haryana Kisan Ayog participated in the National
Conference on "Agriculture 2022 – Doubling Farmers' Income" at National
Agriculture Science Complex (NASC), Pusa, New Delhi on February 19-20. In
the session of Group-7 (Livestock, Dairy & Allied sector) Dr. Bhaskar
emphasized the importance of livestock sector with more than 28.7%
contribution in Agri sector & help in promoting organic farming hasten the
process of doubling farmers income.
Group photo of participants
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The Haryana Kisan Ayog has constituted a working group on
“Mushroom Cultivation in Haryana” under the chairmanship of Dr. Manjit Singh, Ex-Director, Directorate of Mushroom Research (ICAR-DMR), Solan, (H.P.). Other members of this group are: Dr. V. P. Sharma Director, Directorate of Mushroom Research (ICAR-DMR), Solan, (H.P.), Dr Ajay Singh Scientist Incharge HAIC R & D Centre, Murthal, Sonipat & Registrar MHU (Haryana), Dr Surjeet Singh, Department of Plant Pathology, CCSHAU, Hisar (Haryana).
First meeting of the working group was held on 29 January, 2018 at Panchkula in the office of Haryana Kisan Ayog under the Chairmanship of Dr Ramesh Yadava. There were 9 related terms of references and issues which were discussed item wise. Second
thmeeting was held on 10 February, 2018 at HAIC R & D Centre, Murthal, Sonipat and Chairman of the working Group appraised the new participants about the mandate of the committee. Dr Ajay appraised the role of HAIC, its achievements and also presented the first draft of database of the farmers, canners, raw material and spawn suppliers, machinery manufacturers, etc. Third meeting of
ththe working group was held on 10 March, 2018 at HAIC R & D centre, Murthal. Dr R. S. Balyan, Member HKA was also present in the meeting. During the three meetings, detailed discussions were held on the present status of mushrooms in the state, cost of cultivation and the status of technology. Some of the suggestions made by the participants/farmers are listed below:
Undertake the case study of Badhana, Suba mushroom and other units which have closed down.
Change the method of reporting from trays to kg/100 kg compost or straw.
Mushroom cultivation may be treated as agricultural commodities beside commercial crop.
Horticulture department may provide machines on custom hiring basis at least in two districts (Sonipat and Panipat) and also promote solar applications in mushroom cultivation.
There is urgent need of fully mechanized central composting
Haryana Kisan Ayog formed a working group on “Promotion of
Organic Farming in Haryana”. In this context second meeting of the thworking group was held on 12 March, 2018 at the office of Haryana
Kisan Ayog under the chairmanship of Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava,
Chairman of Haryana Kisan Ayog and Dr A. K. Yadav, Chairman of
the Working Group. Dr. R.S. Dalal, Member Secretary of HKA, Dr. R.
S. Balyan, member of HKA and other members of the Working
Group namely, Dr. I.S.Hooda, Professor (Retd.) Department of
Agronomy, CCSHAU, Hisar, Dr. Ravinder Kumar, Deputy Director,
Regional Centre for Organic Farming, Panchkula, Dr. A.S.
Sangwan, Expert (Organic Farming) Centre of Excellence in
participated in this meeting. Dr. Gajender Singh, Research Fellow,
HKA was also present in this meeting. At the very outset, Dr. R.S.
Dalal welcomed the Chairman and other participants of the meeting.
The following points were discussed in the meeting
To bring suitable changes in the policy to promote natural
resource based organic agriculture keeping soil health,
sustainability and quality productivity as prime focus.
To bring suitable institutional changes for ensuring continuous
support through research, teaching and extension
To create a nodal institution for spearheading all organic
farming promotion activities and support in developing sub-
ordinate institutions for ensuring availability of quality inputs,
support services and quality assurance system both for inputs
and for organic produce
To bring suitable changes in extension services to accommodate
traditional knowledge rich farmers as trainers and partners in
technology transfer and knowledge dissemination.
To promote the development of farmer institutions and
partnerships between farmer institutions, financial institutions,
private entrepreneurs and market forces to facilitate setting up
of dedicated organically certified collection, aggregation, post
harvest, processing and value addition units in rural areas.
To create enabling environment for facilitating direct trade for
organic commodities away from existing marketing channels.
To ensure development of commodity specific value chain
models with rural youth as organic-agribusiness entrepreneurs.
To bring in partnerships for brand building, publicity, consumer
awareness and domestic and export marketing of organic
produce.
units in the state for preparation of pasteurized compost.
Mushroom credit cards with increased limit of 10 lakh per acre, for 6 month short term loan be issued.
At least Rs. 50 lakh is required to develop composting facility; hence, there is a need for change in norms of the NHM schemes.
There is Need for data base with information on number of huts, amount of mushroom produced, years since working on mushrooms.
Need for cost benefit analysis, market analysis and feedback analysis of trainings be explored.
(Rough estimates are that 30% is labour cost, 50% is input cost and profit is 20%. About 40% of the produce goes to processors and canned mushrooms are sold in South India/ Gulf).
Nutritive value and product standards/ FSSAI.
Promotion of mushroom consumption may be done by the State.
Farmers may prefer facilities over subsidies.
Ready to fruit bags, king oyster.
Need for one stop solutions for all problems.
Cooperative marketing with bar coding based sale and direct transfer of money.
Shift from quantity to quality; long to short method seasonal to commercial production.
Meeting of Working Group on Organic Farming at Panchkula
A view of meeting of Working Group on Mushroom Farming with Stakeholders
Three day training was conducted at Central Soil Salinity Research th
Institute, Karnal on 26 February 2018 on the skill development of
the farmers for marketing of agricultural products. The program
was inaugurated by Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava, Chairman of
Haryana Kisan Ayog. On this occasion, Dr. Yadava apprized the
ways to enrich the value of agricultural products. The State
Government is also trying to provide direct economic benefit to
farmers through geographical indicators such as Taraori basmati.
During this three-day training, farmers were taught how to make
agricultural product groups, the process of crop insurance, training
of national agricultural markets (e-NAM), agricultural pricing policy
and the production and marketing of quality seeds of wheat and
other crops in order to get more benefit from their produce.
He informed the farmers that the Govt. has spent crores of rupees
on the development of new mandis, upgrading facilities in the
existing mandis, repair works in the mandis, construction of roads
leading to the mandis and repair of existing road infrastructure in
the state to facilitate farmers to sell their agricultural produce at
remunerative prices. He encouraged farmers to avail the opportunity
to bring about a positive change in the farming sector by producing
organic crops. He further said that the way to bring about an
organic revolution in India is to have an all-inclusive growth model
that starts with farms and farmers.
Ten scientists along with a total of 26 farmers participated in the
training which was conducted successfully by Dr. Pravendra
Sheoran, coordinator of the program.
National Bee Board organized a two day state-level bee th th
keeping seminar in Jhajjar on 10 and 11 February 2018.
Sh. Om Prakash Dhankar, Minister of Agriculture &
Farmers' Welfare, Haryana was the chief guest of the
event. He prompted farmers to become entrepreneurs for
enhancing their income. He stressed upon the adoption of
Honey Beekeeping as it is the most emerging field which
also ensure high farm income. Farmer must be trained in
marketing strategies for selling of their produce. They
should ensure the quality of their produce which ultimately
create demand in the market. To promote Honey Beekeeping
the state government has set up a Center of Excellence of
honey beekeeping in association with Israel at Ramnagar, Distt. Kurukshetra. In the seminar necessary information pertaining to the subject
matter in the context of beekeeping with scientific facts was shared. On this occasion Agriculture Minister also honoured the women farmers
namely, Poonam of Hisar, Pramila of Jind and Anju of Karnal for their remarkable contribution in honey beekeeping. Dr. B.L. Saraswat, Director
of the National Bee Board also addressed the farmers. In the seminar, the Agriculture Minister released the report of the Working Group on
'Promotion of Honey Beekeeping' in Haryana prepared by the Haryana Kisan Ayog.
Dr. R.S. Dalal, Member Secretary of Haryana Kisan Ayog, Dr. Ajay Yadav, Dr. Billu Yadav, District Council Vice-President, Yogesh Sibani, Sunita
Chauhan, Sunita Dhankhar, Dharmendra Bablu, Pawan Chhillar and District Vice President Bijendra Mandothi were also present in this
seminar.
The report on Promotion of Honey Beekeeping being released
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The Haryana Kisan Ayog has constituted a working group on
“Mushroom Cultivation in Haryana” under the chairmanship of Dr. Manjit Singh, Ex-Director, Directorate of Mushroom Research (ICAR-DMR), Solan, (H.P.). Other members of this group are: Dr. V. P. Sharma Director, Directorate of Mushroom Research (ICAR-DMR), Solan, (H.P.), Dr Ajay Singh Scientist Incharge HAIC R & D Centre, Murthal, Sonipat & Registrar MHU (Haryana), Dr Surjeet Singh, Department of Plant Pathology, CCSHAU, Hisar (Haryana).
First meeting of the working group was held on 29 January, 2018 at Panchkula in the office of Haryana Kisan Ayog under the Chairmanship of Dr Ramesh Yadava. There were 9 related terms of references and issues which were discussed item wise. Second
thmeeting was held on 10 February, 2018 at HAIC R & D Centre, Murthal, Sonipat and Chairman of the working Group appraised the new participants about the mandate of the committee. Dr Ajay appraised the role of HAIC, its achievements and also presented the first draft of database of the farmers, canners, raw material and spawn suppliers, machinery manufacturers, etc. Third meeting of
ththe working group was held on 10 March, 2018 at HAIC R & D centre, Murthal. Dr R. S. Balyan, Member HKA was also present in the meeting. During the three meetings, detailed discussions were held on the present status of mushrooms in the state, cost of cultivation and the status of technology. Some of the suggestions made by the participants/farmers are listed below:
Undertake the case study of Badhana, Suba mushroom and other units which have closed down.
Change the method of reporting from trays to kg/100 kg compost or straw.
Mushroom cultivation may be treated as agricultural commodities beside commercial crop.
Horticulture department may provide machines on custom hiring basis at least in two districts (Sonipat and Panipat) and also promote solar applications in mushroom cultivation.
There is urgent need of fully mechanized central composting
Haryana Kisan Ayog formed a working group on “Promotion of
Organic Farming in Haryana”. In this context second meeting of the thworking group was held on 12 March, 2018 at the office of Haryana
Kisan Ayog under the chairmanship of Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava,
Chairman of Haryana Kisan Ayog and Dr A. K. Yadav, Chairman of
the Working Group. Dr. R.S. Dalal, Member Secretary of HKA, Dr. R.
S. Balyan, member of HKA and other members of the Working
Group namely, Dr. I.S.Hooda, Professor (Retd.) Department of
Agronomy, CCSHAU, Hisar, Dr. Ravinder Kumar, Deputy Director,
Regional Centre for Organic Farming, Panchkula, Dr. A.S.
Sangwan, Expert (Organic Farming) Centre of Excellence in
participated in this meeting. Dr. Gajender Singh, Research Fellow,
HKA was also present in this meeting. At the very outset, Dr. R.S.
Dalal welcomed the Chairman and other participants of the meeting.
The following points were discussed in the meeting
To bring suitable changes in the policy to promote natural
resource based organic agriculture keeping soil health,
sustainability and quality productivity as prime focus.
To bring suitable institutional changes for ensuring continuous
support through research, teaching and extension
To create a nodal institution for spearheading all organic
farming promotion activities and support in developing sub-
ordinate institutions for ensuring availability of quality inputs,
support services and quality assurance system both for inputs
and for organic produce
To bring suitable changes in extension services to accommodate
traditional knowledge rich farmers as trainers and partners in
technology transfer and knowledge dissemination.
To promote the development of farmer institutions and
partnerships between farmer institutions, financial institutions,
private entrepreneurs and market forces to facilitate setting up
of dedicated organically certified collection, aggregation, post
harvest, processing and value addition units in rural areas.
To create enabling environment for facilitating direct trade for
organic commodities away from existing marketing channels.
To ensure development of commodity specific value chain
models with rural youth as organic-agribusiness entrepreneurs.
To bring in partnerships for brand building, publicity, consumer
awareness and domestic and export marketing of organic
produce.
units in the state for preparation of pasteurized compost.
Mushroom credit cards with increased limit of 10 lakh per acre, for 6 month short term loan be issued.
At least Rs. 50 lakh is required to develop composting facility; hence, there is a need for change in norms of the NHM schemes.
There is Need for data base with information on number of huts, amount of mushroom produced, years since working on mushrooms.
Need for cost benefit analysis, market analysis and feedback analysis of trainings be explored.
(Rough estimates are that 30% is labour cost, 50% is input cost and profit is 20%. About 40% of the produce goes to processors and canned mushrooms are sold in South India/ Gulf).
Nutritive value and product standards/ FSSAI.
Promotion of mushroom consumption may be done by the State.
Farmers may prefer facilities over subsidies.
Ready to fruit bags, king oyster.
Need for one stop solutions for all problems.
Cooperative marketing with bar coding based sale and direct transfer of money.
Shift from quantity to quality; long to short method seasonal to commercial production.
Meeting of Working Group on Organic Farming at Panchkula
A view of meeting of Working Group on Mushroom Farming with Stakeholders
Three day training was conducted at Central Soil Salinity Research th
Institute, Karnal on 26 February 2018 on the skill development of
the farmers for marketing of agricultural products. The program
was inaugurated by Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava, Chairman of
Haryana Kisan Ayog. On this occasion, Dr. Yadava apprized the
ways to enrich the value of agricultural products. The State
Government is also trying to provide direct economic benefit to
farmers through geographical indicators such as Taraori basmati.
During this three-day training, farmers were taught how to make
agricultural product groups, the process of crop insurance, training
of national agricultural markets (e-NAM), agricultural pricing policy
and the production and marketing of quality seeds of wheat and
other crops in order to get more benefit from their produce.
He informed the farmers that the Govt. has spent crores of rupees
on the development of new mandis, upgrading facilities in the
existing mandis, repair works in the mandis, construction of roads
leading to the mandis and repair of existing road infrastructure in
the state to facilitate farmers to sell their agricultural produce at
remunerative prices. He encouraged farmers to avail the opportunity
to bring about a positive change in the farming sector by producing
organic crops. He further said that the way to bring about an
organic revolution in India is to have an all-inclusive growth model
that starts with farms and farmers.
Ten scientists along with a total of 26 farmers participated in the
training which was conducted successfully by Dr. Pravendra
Sheoran, coordinator of the program.
National Bee Board organized a two day state-level bee th th
keeping seminar in Jhajjar on 10 and 11 February 2018.
Sh. Om Prakash Dhankar, Minister of Agriculture &
Farmers' Welfare, Haryana was the chief guest of the
event. He prompted farmers to become entrepreneurs for
enhancing their income. He stressed upon the adoption of
Honey Beekeeping as it is the most emerging field which
also ensure high farm income. Farmer must be trained in
marketing strategies for selling of their produce. They
should ensure the quality of their produce which ultimately
create demand in the market. To promote Honey Beekeeping
the state government has set up a Center of Excellence of
honey beekeeping in association with Israel at Ramnagar, Distt. Kurukshetra. In the seminar necessary information pertaining to the subject
matter in the context of beekeeping with scientific facts was shared. On this occasion Agriculture Minister also honoured the women farmers
namely, Poonam of Hisar, Pramila of Jind and Anju of Karnal for their remarkable contribution in honey beekeeping. Dr. B.L. Saraswat, Director
of the National Bee Board also addressed the farmers. In the seminar, the Agriculture Minister released the report of the Working Group on
'Promotion of Honey Beekeeping' in Haryana prepared by the Haryana Kisan Ayog.
Dr. R.S. Dalal, Member Secretary of Haryana Kisan Ayog, Dr. Ajay Yadav, Dr. Billu Yadav, District Council Vice-President, Yogesh Sibani, Sunita
Chauhan, Sunita Dhankhar, Dharmendra Bablu, Pawan Chhillar and District Vice President Bijendra Mandothi were also present in this
seminar.
The report on Promotion of Honey Beekeeping being released
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th District level Kisan Mela was organized on 13 March, 2018 under ATMA Scheme at village Ramathli, District Kaithal. Dr. R.S. Balyan, Member, Haryana Kisan Ayog was invited as a Chief Guest and Sh. Mahabir Singh, Deputy Director Agriculture, Dr. Parvinder Sheoran, Dr. Anshul Anand, Satish Nara, SDO; Dr. Rajbir Singh, Dr. Sachin Kumar, Surendra Mor, Sarpanch Ramthali and
hundreds of farmers were also present. Dr. Balyan guided the farmers on several new techniques practiced in agriculture these days and encouraged them for direct marketing. He suggested them to enhance their income by mushroom cultivation, beekeeping and food processing and to maintain the fertility of the soil and get rid off the problem of the desertification. He stressed that farmers should grow crops like sugarcane, berseem, moong, vegetables etc. apart from the main cereals to fetch profits throughout the year. He also motivated the farmers not to burn the residues of paddy and the stubble of wheat as this not only causes pollution but also reduces the fertility of the agricultural land. They testing of soil and water of the fields should also be ensured from time to time so that they get proper information about availability of nutrients in their land. The farmers from dozens of villages participated in Kisan Mela and got knowledge about the grants for farmers in the schemes being run by the Department of Agriculture and Horticulture.
th A Block Level Farmer Fair was held on 9 March, 2018 at Indri, Karnal. Dr. R.S.
Balyan, Member of Haryana Kisan Ayog was invited as a Chief Guest for the
event. On this occasion other dignitaries present were Dr. Aditya Pratap Dabas,
Deputy Director Agriculture; Dr. Soul Ram, District Fisheries Officer; Dr. Sunil
Bajad, SDO; Dr. Arvindra Jaglan, Veterinary Surgeon; Dr. Anil Chauhan, Dr.
Shishpal Sharma, Dr. Radhey Shyam, Dr. Ratna Singh, Dr. Joshan Singh, Dr.
Mahendra Singh, Dr. Kamaljeet, Dr. Surendra and Dr. Rakesh.
Dr. R.S. Balyan told that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
the present government has implemented the most promising farmers friendly
and effective agricultural insurance scheme till now and is working towards the upliftment of the farmers. Effective steps are being taken to
double the income of farmers by 2022. In the fair, various departments gave the details of schemes being run for the welfare of farmers and
also illustrated the ways of crop residue management.
Dr. R.S. Balyan at Kisan Mela in village Ramthali
Dr. R.S. Balyan at Farmers' fair held at Indri
thThe 9 Asian Buffalo Congress on Climate Adapted Buffalos-
Origin for Strong Livelihood was organized by Central Institute of st thResearch on Buffalos from 1 – 4 February 2018 at Hisar. The
chief guest of the event was Dr. Harsh Kumar, Chairman
NABARD. On this occasion Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava,
Chairman, Haryana Kisan Ayog; Dr. B. N. Tripathi, Director,
NRCE; Dr. Gurdial Singh, Vice Chancellor LUVAS; Dr. AK
Srivastava; Dr. R.K. Sharma; dairy farmers and many scientists
were present. Agriculture Minister Sh. OP Dhankar, also graced
the function and said that Haryana wrestlers are powerful due to
buffalo's milk. They are winning gold from the Commonwealth to
the Olympics for our country.
Dr. Harsh Kumar, Chariman NABARD informed that the Central
Government has taken a better initiative to create a corpus of Rs.
8000 crore through NABARD for milk processing which is the most
important decision taken by the government to strengthen the
infrastructure of the dairy sector. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.
Yadava, Chairman, HKA said that due to climate change, buffaloes are
undergoing many types of stresses. This has also affected their
production. There is a need to give special attention to this problem
to meet the milk needs of the ever increasing population. Scientists
must accelerate research work in this direction. He said that 30 per
cent of the world's milk production is available from buffalo. Due to
this, there is a demand of time to give specific incentives to dairy
based farmers.
The Bulgarian delegation presented a special memento of
gratitude to India's buffalo breed of Murrah. Fifteen scientists of
various countries demanded the germplasm and 100 buffaloes of
the Murrah-breed of Haryana on this occasion. The Brazilian
scientist William Vale made a demand, after being impressed by
watching Haryana's Murrah bulls. Scientists from fifteen countries
including America, Colombia, Gualemata, Brazil, Bulgaria, Nepal,
Sri Lanka, Philippines, Bangladesh, Italy and Paraguay
participated in this congress.
thA view of 9 Asian Buffalo Congress organised by CIRB
thOn 10 February 2018, a Kisan Gosthi was organised by Kisan
Club, Kisan Morcha and department of agriculture at village Ghori
in District Palwal. More than 400 farmers of the Ghori and nearby
villages participated in the event. Dr. R.S. Balyan, Member, HKA
was the chief guest of the function. While delivering his valuable
comments on doubling the farmers' income, Dr. Balyan
emphasized upon cluster/ group/ co-operative farming. He said
clubbing the village land and growing need based agriculture
crops like pulses, vegetables and fruit crops can bring handsome
returns to the farmers for increasing their income. He said today
there is a need to produce quality food and that can be achieved by
raising field crops organically. Organic food and feed always fetch
much higher prices than non-organic produce. He stressed that
integrated farming system (IFS) model like crops + dairying +
beekeeping + mushroom cultivation + vermin-composting will help to
double the farmers' income at a quicker pace as compared to
raising traditional field crops only. In this gosthi, officers of
agriculture department, KVK Mandkola of CCS HAU Hisar,
Horticulture and Animal Husbandry were also present and
applauded the farmers for their tireless efforts. Farmers were also
awarded prizes for their skilful inventions and queries of farmers
were also addressed in this gosthi.
Dr. R.S. Balyan addressing the Kisan Gosthi
thA state level seminar was organized on 14 March 2018 in
village Jaurasi, Samalkha, Dist Panipat, Haryana on doubling
the income of the farmers by the year 2022. In the seminar,
Dhanuka Agritech Limited Group Chairman, R.G. Agarwal was
the chief guest. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava, Chairman, Haryana
Kisan Ayog presided over the function, whereas Dr. B. S.
Sehrawat, Mission Director HSHDA, Panchkula, was a special
invitee. About 400 farmers from the surrounding villages of
Samalkha, Dr. Dharam Singh Yadav, Joint Director, Haryana
State Horticulture Development Agency, Panchkula; Dr. Subhash
Chandra, District Horticulture Officer; Dr Narendra Dahiya from
Department of Animal Husbandry Sushil Kumar from Department
of Fisheries Department, and the District Horticulture Officer,
Sonipat were also present.
Sh. R.G. Agrawal, Chairman Dhanuka Agritech said that farmers
should make maximum use of rain water. He asked them to use
fair quantity of quality manure and agrochemicals. He
emphasized that soil and water testing should be got done by
every farmer before so that shortage of nutrients in soil and
water can be monitored timely. Dr. Yadava, Chairman, HKA
while addressing the audience elaborated the benefits of
working in groups. It enables them to buy even expensive
machinery collectively. He appreciated the efforts of the innovative
farmers who are adopting new technologies and better farm
management to improve irrigation systems. He further said that
farmers must start using farm data to continuously improve the
efficiency of its agricultural supply chains.
Further, he desired that the farmers and the government will
have to work together to achieve the target of doubling the
income of the farmers by 2022. He also informed about the
subsidy given to farmers under various schemes during the year
2017-18 and also motivated farmers to take advantage of such
schemes. During this event farmers got very precise information
related to farming.
Dr. Ramesh Yadava, Chairman HKA addressing the farmers
JANUARY - MARCH 2018 Haryana Kisan Ayog, Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 1 12 JANUARY - MARCH 2018Haryana Kisan Ayog, Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 1 13
th District level Kisan Mela was organized on 13 March, 2018 under ATMA Scheme at village Ramathli, District Kaithal. Dr. R.S. Balyan, Member, Haryana Kisan Ayog was invited as a Chief Guest and Sh. Mahabir Singh, Deputy Director Agriculture, Dr. Parvinder Sheoran, Dr. Anshul Anand, Satish Nara, SDO; Dr. Rajbir Singh, Dr. Sachin Kumar, Surendra Mor, Sarpanch Ramthali and
hundreds of farmers were also present. Dr. Balyan guided the farmers on several new techniques practiced in agriculture these days and encouraged them for direct marketing. He suggested them to enhance their income by mushroom cultivation, beekeeping and food processing and to maintain the fertility of the soil and get rid off the problem of the desertification. He stressed that farmers should grow crops like sugarcane, berseem, moong, vegetables etc. apart from the main cereals to fetch profits throughout the year. He also motivated the farmers not to burn the residues of paddy and the stubble of wheat as this not only causes pollution but also reduces the fertility of the agricultural land. They testing of soil and water of the fields should also be ensured from time to time so that they get proper information about availability of nutrients in their land. The farmers from dozens of villages participated in Kisan Mela and got knowledge about the grants for farmers in the schemes being run by the Department of Agriculture and Horticulture.
th A Block Level Farmer Fair was held on 9 March, 2018 at Indri, Karnal. Dr. R.S.
Balyan, Member of Haryana Kisan Ayog was invited as a Chief Guest for the
event. On this occasion other dignitaries present were Dr. Aditya Pratap Dabas,
Deputy Director Agriculture; Dr. Soul Ram, District Fisheries Officer; Dr. Sunil
Bajad, SDO; Dr. Arvindra Jaglan, Veterinary Surgeon; Dr. Anil Chauhan, Dr.
Shishpal Sharma, Dr. Radhey Shyam, Dr. Ratna Singh, Dr. Joshan Singh, Dr.
Mahendra Singh, Dr. Kamaljeet, Dr. Surendra and Dr. Rakesh.
Dr. R.S. Balyan told that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
the present government has implemented the most promising farmers friendly
and effective agricultural insurance scheme till now and is working towards the upliftment of the farmers. Effective steps are being taken to
double the income of farmers by 2022. In the fair, various departments gave the details of schemes being run for the welfare of farmers and
also illustrated the ways of crop residue management.
Dr. R.S. Balyan at Kisan Mela in village Ramthali
Dr. R.S. Balyan at Farmers' fair held at Indri
thThe 9 Asian Buffalo Congress on Climate Adapted Buffalos-
Origin for Strong Livelihood was organized by Central Institute of st thResearch on Buffalos from 1 – 4 February 2018 at Hisar. The
chief guest of the event was Dr. Harsh Kumar, Chairman
NABARD. On this occasion Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava,
Chairman, Haryana Kisan Ayog; Dr. B. N. Tripathi, Director,
NRCE; Dr. Gurdial Singh, Vice Chancellor LUVAS; Dr. AK
Srivastava; Dr. R.K. Sharma; dairy farmers and many scientists
were present. Agriculture Minister Sh. OP Dhankar, also graced
the function and said that Haryana wrestlers are powerful due to
buffalo's milk. They are winning gold from the Commonwealth to
the Olympics for our country.
Dr. Harsh Kumar, Chariman NABARD informed that the Central
Government has taken a better initiative to create a corpus of Rs.
8000 crore through NABARD for milk processing which is the most
important decision taken by the government to strengthen the
infrastructure of the dairy sector. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.
Yadava, Chairman, HKA said that due to climate change, buffaloes are
undergoing many types of stresses. This has also affected their
production. There is a need to give special attention to this problem
to meet the milk needs of the ever increasing population. Scientists
must accelerate research work in this direction. He said that 30 per
cent of the world's milk production is available from buffalo. Due to
this, there is a demand of time to give specific incentives to dairy
based farmers.
The Bulgarian delegation presented a special memento of
gratitude to India's buffalo breed of Murrah. Fifteen scientists of
various countries demanded the germplasm and 100 buffaloes of
the Murrah-breed of Haryana on this occasion. The Brazilian
scientist William Vale made a demand, after being impressed by
watching Haryana's Murrah bulls. Scientists from fifteen countries
including America, Colombia, Gualemata, Brazil, Bulgaria, Nepal,
Sri Lanka, Philippines, Bangladesh, Italy and Paraguay
participated in this congress.
thA view of 9 Asian Buffalo Congress organised by CIRB
thOn 10 February 2018, a Kisan Gosthi was organised by Kisan
Club, Kisan Morcha and department of agriculture at village Ghori
in District Palwal. More than 400 farmers of the Ghori and nearby
villages participated in the event. Dr. R.S. Balyan, Member, HKA
was the chief guest of the function. While delivering his valuable
comments on doubling the farmers' income, Dr. Balyan
emphasized upon cluster/ group/ co-operative farming. He said
clubbing the village land and growing need based agriculture
crops like pulses, vegetables and fruit crops can bring handsome
returns to the farmers for increasing their income. He said today
there is a need to produce quality food and that can be achieved by
raising field crops organically. Organic food and feed always fetch
much higher prices than non-organic produce. He stressed that
integrated farming system (IFS) model like crops + dairying +
beekeeping + mushroom cultivation + vermin-composting will help to
double the farmers' income at a quicker pace as compared to
raising traditional field crops only. In this gosthi, officers of
agriculture department, KVK Mandkola of CCS HAU Hisar,
Horticulture and Animal Husbandry were also present and
applauded the farmers for their tireless efforts. Farmers were also
awarded prizes for their skilful inventions and queries of farmers
were also addressed in this gosthi.
Dr. R.S. Balyan addressing the Kisan Gosthi
thA state level seminar was organized on 14 March 2018 in
village Jaurasi, Samalkha, Dist Panipat, Haryana on doubling
the income of the farmers by the year 2022. In the seminar,
Dhanuka Agritech Limited Group Chairman, R.G. Agarwal was
the chief guest. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava, Chairman, Haryana
Kisan Ayog presided over the function, whereas Dr. B. S.
Sehrawat, Mission Director HSHDA, Panchkula, was a special
invitee. About 400 farmers from the surrounding villages of
Samalkha, Dr. Dharam Singh Yadav, Joint Director, Haryana
State Horticulture Development Agency, Panchkula; Dr. Subhash
Chandra, District Horticulture Officer; Dr Narendra Dahiya from
Department of Animal Husbandry Sushil Kumar from Department
of Fisheries Department, and the District Horticulture Officer,
Sonipat were also present.
Sh. R.G. Agrawal, Chairman Dhanuka Agritech said that farmers
should make maximum use of rain water. He asked them to use
fair quantity of quality manure and agrochemicals. He
emphasized that soil and water testing should be got done by
every farmer before so that shortage of nutrients in soil and
water can be monitored timely. Dr. Yadava, Chairman, HKA
while addressing the audience elaborated the benefits of
working in groups. It enables them to buy even expensive
machinery collectively. He appreciated the efforts of the innovative
farmers who are adopting new technologies and better farm
management to improve irrigation systems. He further said that
farmers must start using farm data to continuously improve the
efficiency of its agricultural supply chains.
Further, he desired that the farmers and the government will
have to work together to achieve the target of doubling the
income of the farmers by 2022. He also informed about the
subsidy given to farmers under various schemes during the year
2017-18 and also motivated farmers to take advantage of such
schemes. During this event farmers got very precise information
related to farming.
Dr. Ramesh Yadava, Chairman HKA addressing the farmers
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Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute-ATARI
(ICAR), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre,
Borlaug Institute for South Asia and Scientists from PAU conducted th
a brain storming session on 15 March 2018 at ATARI -PAU,
Ludhiana to deal with the problem of pollution from stubble burning.
At this occasion Padma Bhushan Dr. R.S. Paroda, former D.G. of
Agriculture, Punjab, Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice Chancellor,
PAU and Dr. Rajbir Singh, Director ATARI were present. The
scientists extended the solutions to tackle the problem of left
over stubbles in the fields of the farmers, after which the leading
farmers of the state and the machinery manufactures interacted in
dealing with the management of stubbles.
Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural
University said that in Punjab every year about 20 million tonnes of
paddy and wheat are to be rescued from the fire causing a loss of
about eight million tonnes of carbon and one lakh tonnes of
nitrogen. Dr Paroda asked the farmers not to burn the stubble in the
field to increase the fertility of the soil. After the harvesting of paddy,
the farmers can go for direct wheat sowing with the help of Happy
Seeder, while with the help of PAU Super SMS technology there is
also the option of using stubble in small quantities in the field.
Dr. Ramesh Yadava, Chairman, HKA emphasized that the farmers
of the country have been basically eco-friendly by nature. Since
Haryana farmers have been keen towards adoption of upcoming
technologies and better alternatives, hence they need to be
educated and motivated towards use of various machineries to
manage stubble properly by purchasing such costly machineries in
groups for its easy access to every farmer. Putting his view,
Commissioner Agriculture Punjab B.S. Sidhu said that stubble can
be used in the production of mushroom. Dr. Rajbir Singh said that
stubble can also be used in the production of vegetables which can
reduce weeds in the crops. Farmers said that the government should
provide machinery, such as-Happy Seeder, Straw Management
System at cheaper rates to encourage stubble management effectively.
Dr. Ramesh Yadava, Chairman HKA speaking in the seminar
A view of the seminar
Dainik Jagran, a leading newspaper of Haryana, organized 'Jagran Vimarsh' in its thoffice at Hisar on 12 February 2018. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava, Chairman, Haryana
Kisan Ayog was the chief guest of this event. While expressing his views in the
program, Dr. Yadava said that reducing the burden of seed and manure on farmers is
the priority of Haryana government so that farmers' income can be doubled. Hence, it is
quite necessary to reduce burden of expenditure on ploughing, leveling, irrigating the
fields, purchase of seed etc. Earlier, as traditional practice, farmers were using remnant
seed of previous year for sowing next season crop, however, with the lure of increased
production, private companies in their commercial interest changed this practice.
Farmers are being encouraged towards Integrated Farming in which besides
conventional farming, they should also engross in fisheries, poultry, beekeeping, dairy farming etc. The farmers are also encouraged to grow
crops organically using manures of poultry and dairy farms so that their fertilizer costs are minimized.
Further, he said that farmers should desist paddy cultivation, which is proving very expensive. Moreso, as water saving has to be top priority for
availability and sustaining farming in the future. The farmers were advised for cultivation of other crops like maize, arhar, sesame wherever
feasible as with each kg of rice export we are bearing about 5000 litres of water- the precious commodity for life. The government is making all
efforts to provide water to every corner of the state. Farmers are requested to shift to drip/micro irrigation in their fields as well as adopt
diversified crops to save and economize every drop of water for future use.
He asserted the farmers to work in groups and make organizations to avail the benefits provided by government for the management of residues
in the fields. He further emphasized that best thing is that Delhi is in near vicinity of Haryana where, the farmers can sell their produce and earn
more by growing crops as per demand of such market.
A view of the meeting
Dr. Partap Singh
Dr. Partap Singh, M.Sc.(Ag.) in Vegetable Crops from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar and Ph.D. (Horticulture)
from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pant Nagar (UP) served CCS HAU, Hisar as scientist for 36
years at different positions. He shouldered the University Administrative responsibility for 4 years as Professor and
Head of Department of Vegetable Science. He taught both UG and PG courses of the Department and guided 8 M.Sc.
and 5 Ph.D. students for their degree programs. Working on various projects, he contributed in the development and
release of 26 different vegetables and spice crop varieties for cultivation in Haryana state. Seven varieties are
released at national level. Contributed for mega seed project awarded to CCS HAU, Hisar by the ICAR. He has
published 112 research papers in national and international journals of repute. Contributed 48 extension articles and
delivered several radio & TV talks, training lectures to farmers and defense persons. He is life member of 11
professional scientific societies and had been Executive Member of 5 societies and acted as Editor-in-Chief of
Horticultural Society of Haryana. He developed 4 UG and PG teaching manuals and edited 4 symposia proceedings.
Dr. Lali Yadav
Dr. Lali Yadav Ph.D (Extension Education) from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar served at CCSHAU, Hisar for
36 years. Her professional experience is inclusive of HOD, Extension Specialist (H.Sc) and Principal Campus
School. She got Sr. ICAR fellowship for Ph.D. She received Bharat Rattan Dr. C. Subramanian Outstanding Teachers
Award by ICAR, 2002 and other awards include Agriculture Human Resource Development Fellowship, 1998;
Best Community Mobilization Award by National Professional Society of Community Mobilization for Sustainable
Development Society of India, New Delhi, 2007.
She successfully completed more than 17 International, national and regional level research and extension
projects mostly pertaining to empowerment of women in agriculture, entrepreneurship, distance education, media
and development.
She has more than 400 publications at her credit , guided 22 Post graduate students and developed first draft of
Package of Practices in Home Science. She remained Chairman Women Cell, HAU; Pattern and President,
Athletic Club at HAU. She remained in the panel of experts for various organizations ASRB, UPSC, RAU Bikaner,
and Udaipur, PAU, Ludhiana, Imphal, CAZRI, IVRI, Agra, Nagpur, KUK, UGC, New Delhi.
Dr. I.S. Yadav
Dr I.S. Yadav, Ph.D (Plant Breeding) from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar served CCSHAU, Hisar for 36 years
at different positions. Got scholarship from ICAR, New Delhi during B Sc (Hons) Ag. programme. He was also
awarded Senior Fellowship in Plant Breeding by the CSIR, New Delhi for Ph. D. programme. His memorable career is
also marked with administrative responsibilities as Head, Medicinal, Aromatic and Potential Crops Section and Prof &
Head, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (including Seed Science & Technology) –cum- Nodal Officer
(Seed), CCSHAU, Hisar
Dr Yadav worked on many projects and developed 22 varieties of various field crops and medicinal plants. Under his
leadership, CCSHAU, Hisar received “Best Centre Award of All India Network Research Project on Potential Crops.
He had been member of State Medicinal Plants Board, National Mission on Medicinal Plants and State Seed
Committee of Haryana. He was founder Councilor (North Zone) of Indian Society of Oilseeds Research. He has
published about 180 research papers in National & International journals and 150 extension articles and delivered
several radio & TV talks, organized many farmers' trainings as Organizing Secretary for the benefit of farming
community.
Dr. O.P. Toky
Dr. O.P. Toky is a superannuated Prof. of Forestry, Ex. ICAR Emeritus Scientist & Ex. Dean, Postgraduate Studies
from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. He is specialized in agroforestry, biodiversity conservation and
ecology of biodrainage systems. He has published several highly referred research papers in national and
international journals and 3 books. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi. He has
been advisor to the UPSC, ASRB, ICAR, ICFRE, DST, DEF & DRC (Govt. of India) and remained the member of
Academic Councils of different universities. He has a wide experience of forestry/ agroforestry in several countries
such as the U.K., U.S.A., Australia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, China, Singapore, Nepal and Thailand. He is the
recipient of Nanda Memorial Awards.
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Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute-ATARI
(ICAR), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre,
Borlaug Institute for South Asia and Scientists from PAU conducted th
a brain storming session on 15 March 2018 at ATARI -PAU,
Ludhiana to deal with the problem of pollution from stubble burning.
At this occasion Padma Bhushan Dr. R.S. Paroda, former D.G. of
Agriculture, Punjab, Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice Chancellor,
PAU and Dr. Rajbir Singh, Director ATARI were present. The
scientists extended the solutions to tackle the problem of left
over stubbles in the fields of the farmers, after which the leading
farmers of the state and the machinery manufactures interacted in
dealing with the management of stubbles.
Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural
University said that in Punjab every year about 20 million tonnes of
paddy and wheat are to be rescued from the fire causing a loss of
about eight million tonnes of carbon and one lakh tonnes of
nitrogen. Dr Paroda asked the farmers not to burn the stubble in the
field to increase the fertility of the soil. After the harvesting of paddy,
the farmers can go for direct wheat sowing with the help of Happy
Seeder, while with the help of PAU Super SMS technology there is
also the option of using stubble in small quantities in the field.
Dr. Ramesh Yadava, Chairman, HKA emphasized that the farmers
of the country have been basically eco-friendly by nature. Since
Haryana farmers have been keen towards adoption of upcoming
technologies and better alternatives, hence they need to be
educated and motivated towards use of various machineries to
manage stubble properly by purchasing such costly machineries in
groups for its easy access to every farmer. Putting his view,
Commissioner Agriculture Punjab B.S. Sidhu said that stubble can
be used in the production of mushroom. Dr. Rajbir Singh said that
stubble can also be used in the production of vegetables which can
reduce weeds in the crops. Farmers said that the government should
provide machinery, such as-Happy Seeder, Straw Management
System at cheaper rates to encourage stubble management effectively.
Dr. Ramesh Yadava, Chairman HKA speaking in the seminar
A view of the seminar
Dainik Jagran, a leading newspaper of Haryana, organized 'Jagran Vimarsh' in its thoffice at Hisar on 12 February 2018. Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadava, Chairman, Haryana
Kisan Ayog was the chief guest of this event. While expressing his views in the
program, Dr. Yadava said that reducing the burden of seed and manure on farmers is
the priority of Haryana government so that farmers' income can be doubled. Hence, it is
quite necessary to reduce burden of expenditure on ploughing, leveling, irrigating the
fields, purchase of seed etc. Earlier, as traditional practice, farmers were using remnant
seed of previous year for sowing next season crop, however, with the lure of increased
production, private companies in their commercial interest changed this practice.
Farmers are being encouraged towards Integrated Farming in which besides
conventional farming, they should also engross in fisheries, poultry, beekeeping, dairy farming etc. The farmers are also encouraged to grow
crops organically using manures of poultry and dairy farms so that their fertilizer costs are minimized.
Further, he said that farmers should desist paddy cultivation, which is proving very expensive. Moreso, as water saving has to be top priority for
availability and sustaining farming in the future. The farmers were advised for cultivation of other crops like maize, arhar, sesame wherever
feasible as with each kg of rice export we are bearing about 5000 litres of water- the precious commodity for life. The government is making all
efforts to provide water to every corner of the state. Farmers are requested to shift to drip/micro irrigation in their fields as well as adopt
diversified crops to save and economize every drop of water for future use.
He asserted the farmers to work in groups and make organizations to avail the benefits provided by government for the management of residues
in the fields. He further emphasized that best thing is that Delhi is in near vicinity of Haryana where, the farmers can sell their produce and earn
more by growing crops as per demand of such market.
A view of the meeting
Dr. Partap Singh
Dr. Partap Singh, M.Sc.(Ag.) in Vegetable Crops from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar and Ph.D. (Horticulture)
from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pant Nagar (UP) served CCS HAU, Hisar as scientist for 36
years at different positions. He shouldered the University Administrative responsibility for 4 years as Professor and
Head of Department of Vegetable Science. He taught both UG and PG courses of the Department and guided 8 M.Sc.
and 5 Ph.D. students for their degree programs. Working on various projects, he contributed in the development and
release of 26 different vegetables and spice crop varieties for cultivation in Haryana state. Seven varieties are
released at national level. Contributed for mega seed project awarded to CCS HAU, Hisar by the ICAR. He has
published 112 research papers in national and international journals of repute. Contributed 48 extension articles and
delivered several radio & TV talks, training lectures to farmers and defense persons. He is life member of 11
professional scientific societies and had been Executive Member of 5 societies and acted as Editor-in-Chief of
Horticultural Society of Haryana. He developed 4 UG and PG teaching manuals and edited 4 symposia proceedings.
Dr. Lali Yadav
Dr. Lali Yadav Ph.D (Extension Education) from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar served at CCSHAU, Hisar for
36 years. Her professional experience is inclusive of HOD, Extension Specialist (H.Sc) and Principal Campus
School. She got Sr. ICAR fellowship for Ph.D. She received Bharat Rattan Dr. C. Subramanian Outstanding Teachers
Award by ICAR, 2002 and other awards include Agriculture Human Resource Development Fellowship, 1998;
Best Community Mobilization Award by National Professional Society of Community Mobilization for Sustainable
Development Society of India, New Delhi, 2007.
She successfully completed more than 17 International, national and regional level research and extension
projects mostly pertaining to empowerment of women in agriculture, entrepreneurship, distance education, media
and development.
She has more than 400 publications at her credit , guided 22 Post graduate students and developed first draft of
Package of Practices in Home Science. She remained Chairman Women Cell, HAU; Pattern and President,
Athletic Club at HAU. She remained in the panel of experts for various organizations ASRB, UPSC, RAU Bikaner,
and Udaipur, PAU, Ludhiana, Imphal, CAZRI, IVRI, Agra, Nagpur, KUK, UGC, New Delhi.
Dr. I.S. Yadav
Dr I.S. Yadav, Ph.D (Plant Breeding) from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar served CCSHAU, Hisar for 36 years
at different positions. Got scholarship from ICAR, New Delhi during B Sc (Hons) Ag. programme. He was also
awarded Senior Fellowship in Plant Breeding by the CSIR, New Delhi for Ph. D. programme. His memorable career is
also marked with administrative responsibilities as Head, Medicinal, Aromatic and Potential Crops Section and Prof &
Head, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (including Seed Science & Technology) –cum- Nodal Officer
(Seed), CCSHAU, Hisar
Dr Yadav worked on many projects and developed 22 varieties of various field crops and medicinal plants. Under his
leadership, CCSHAU, Hisar received “Best Centre Award of All India Network Research Project on Potential Crops.
He had been member of State Medicinal Plants Board, National Mission on Medicinal Plants and State Seed
Committee of Haryana. He was founder Councilor (North Zone) of Indian Society of Oilseeds Research. He has
published about 180 research papers in National & International journals and 150 extension articles and delivered
several radio & TV talks, organized many farmers' trainings as Organizing Secretary for the benefit of farming
community.
Dr. O.P. Toky
Dr. O.P. Toky is a superannuated Prof. of Forestry, Ex. ICAR Emeritus Scientist & Ex. Dean, Postgraduate Studies
from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. He is specialized in agroforestry, biodiversity conservation and
ecology of biodrainage systems. He has published several highly referred research papers in national and
international journals and 3 books. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi. He has
been advisor to the UPSC, ASRB, ICAR, ICFRE, DST, DEF & DRC (Govt. of India) and remained the member of
Academic Councils of different universities. He has a wide experience of forestry/ agroforestry in several countries
such as the U.K., U.S.A., Australia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, China, Singapore, Nepal and Thailand. He is the
recipient of Nanda Memorial Awards.
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thDr. Prithvi Singh Lamba was born on 10 October, 1920 in a farming family in a village, Daulatpur of Hisar
district in Haryana. He received his primary education in the village, graduated from Agriculture College,
Lyallpur in 1940 with distinction. He completed M.S. and PhD in Agriculture from the University of Wisconsin,
USA in 1943. Dr. Lamba started his career as Agriculture Officer in Bhopal State and served as Director of
Agriculture there for a long time and did commendable work on land reclamation. In 1969, he joined Punjab
Agricultural University, Ludhiana (PAU) to serve as Dean of College of Agriculture at its Hisar campus. In
1973, he became Vice-Chancellor of University of Udaipur and then in 1977 he became Vice Chancellor of the
HAU, Hisar. He was a fatherly figure in the rural community. As a human being he was par excellence. Dr. P.S. thLamba breathed his last on 8 February, 2018 at the age of 97 years after abrief illness. His death was
received with shock and despair among his vast array of friends, Haryana Kisan Ayog and the fraternity of
agriculture mourns his sad demise and pays homage to the departed soul.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Kalkat was born at village Sahora in Hoshiarpur on June 17, 1926. He received his initial
schooling at Sahiwal in Montgomery district, now in Pakistan. He did his B.Sc. (Agriculture) from Punjab
Agriculture College, Lyallpur and M.Sc. in agriculture from the Panjab University, Solan. As a Rockfeller
Fellow, he joined the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (USA) and completed his PhD in Agricultural
Entomology in December 1958. The vast repertoire of assignments that Dr Kalkat undertook included Director
Agriculture, Punjab, Agriculture Commissioner (Government of India), member of the Steering Group of the
Planning Commission (Government of India), the first Chairman of the Punjab State Farmers Commission,
Senior Agriculturist with World Bank stationed atWashington DC and Vice-Chancellor of the PAU, Ludhiana.
Dr. Kalkat expired on 27 January, 2018 at the age of 91 years. In his passing away, country has lost an eminent
agricultural scientist and administrator who made pioneering contributions in turning food shortage to self-
sufficiency in the country. HKA and the fraternity of agriculture mourns the sad demise of its one of the
distinguished fellows and pays homage to the departed soul.
Dr. Raj Pal Singh Tyagi was born on 10th January, 1933 in a village, Narangpur in Meerut district of Uttar
Pradesh. After completing his B.V. Sc. & A.H. from Agra University, he received his Master degree from
Michigan State University and Doctorate degree from University of Minnesota, USA. He was also awarded
Post Doctorate Fellowship from Royal Veterinary College, London. He joined the HAU as Head of Veterinary
Surgery & Radiology in 1964. In 1977, he was honored with Rafi Ahmed Kidwai award. He had published
around 200 research papers in national and international journal and guided 13 Ph.D. and 18 M.V. Sc.
students. As an administrator, he served as Dean, Director of Research and Dean, PGS in Haryana
Agricultural University. He was member of the ASRB, New Delhi and served as the Vice-Chancellor of
H.P.K.V.V., Palampur from 1993 to 1998. Dr. Raj Pal Singh Tyagi left for his heavenly abode on March 31, 2018
at the age of 85 years while living at Hisar. HKA and the fraternity of agriculture and veterinary mourns the sad
demise of one of our distinguished teachers and scientists; and pays homage to the deported soul.
