Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kollam
ICAR Foundation Day and Award Ceremony
The Foundation Day of ICAR on 16th July, 2022 was held in the A. P. Shinde Hall, NASC Complex, PUSA Campus at 11.00 am. Hon'ble Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare was the Chief Guest of the programme. In response to the clarion call of Hon’ble PM Shri. Narendra Modi for doubling income of farmers, income of very large number of farmers has more than doubled with the consistent efforts of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and ICAR. Hon'ble Agriculture Minister released Compilation of 75,000 Success Stories of such Farmers. Shri. Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon'ble Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare intracted DFI farmers of different KVKs.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kollam has telecasted ICAR Foundation Day and Award Ceremony in addition to this conducted two capacity building programmes in Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. The inaugural session commenced at 10.00 AM with the Welcome speech of Dr. Bini Sam, Professor and Head, KVK Kollam. The programme was inaugurated by Adv. D Sajaya Kumar, Vettikkavala Gramapanchayat President. The first session of capacity building programme was handled by Dr. Saroj Kumar V, Assistant Professor (Horticulture) on the topic “Scientific Cultivation of Vegetables” which was followed by a session on “Care and management of livestock in rainy season” was handled by Dr. Parvathy S., Assistant Professor ( Animal Husbandry). Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr.Saroj Kumar V, Assistant Professor KVK, Kollam. A total of 75 farmers attended the programme.
