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the Inaugural Function. The Session

was presided over by Prof. V.S.

Tomar, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor,

JNKVV Jabalpur along with Dr. S.S.

Tomar, Director Research Services,

Dr. S.K. Rao, Dean Faculty of

Agriculture, JNKVV Jabalpur.

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Roasted mahua, pack jou, jouwater, Nariyal pani, etcAction- RuralIndustry.

Post Harvest Technology and FoodProcessing College in MP withdegree, diploma and certificatescourse, covering food processing ofsoya, pulse, milk, medicinal, herbal,banana, mango, papaya etc.tomato, potato, brinjal, kheera etc.

Gluten less wheat variety should bedeveloped.

Amla- pulp, sweet, Achar Bel Juice,Bel Murraba preparation should betake up at rural level.

Online quality control of foodproducts must be introduced usingNMR, X- Ray, Thermographs

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National Seminar - Enhancing Agriculture Profitability through Value Addition

National Seminar on Enhancing

Agriculture Profitability through

Value Addition was organized under

joint auspices of JNKVV, Jabalpur

and World Bank Project on Madhya

Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring

Project (MPWSRP) during 25-26

July 2014 at College of Agricultural

Engineering, Jabalpur. About 135

scientists from different states were

present.

Prof. Gyanendra Singh, Former

Vice Chancellor, Mahatarna Gandhi

Gramodaya Vishwa Vidyalaya,

Chitrakoot was the Chief Guest of

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Interface Meet - Management of Economically Important Insects in India

Felicitation of Chief Guest Dr. A.K. Sikka, DDG (NRM),

ICAR by Vice Chancellor, Dr. V.S. Tomar

Felicitation of Chief Guest Dr. A.K. Sikka, DDG (NRM),

ICAR by Vice Chancellor, Dr. V.S. Tomar

A two day

Jabalpur Chapter of

Indian Society of Soil Science,

Department of Soil Science &

Agricultural Chemistry, JNKVV,

Jabalpur, Indian Institute of Soil

Science, Bhopal, Indian Society of

Soil Science, New Delhi and Borlaug

Institute for SouthAsia.

Dr. A.K. Sikka, Deputy Director

General (NRM), ICAR New Delhi

was the Chief Guest of the Inaugural

Session while Dr. A.K. Singh, Vice

Chancellor, RVSKVV, Gwailor, Dr.

S.K. Patil, Vice Chancellor, IGKV

Raipur and Dr. A.K. Patra, Director,

IISS Bhopal were the Guests of

Honour. The session was presided

National Conference

on "Soil Health: A Key to Unlock and

Sustain Production Potential" from

3-4 September 2014 was jointly

organized by

over by Prof. V.S. Tomar, Vice

Chancellor, JNKVV Jabalpur along

with Dr. S.S. Tomar, Director

Research Services, Dr. S.K. Rao

Dean Faculty of Agriculture, JNKVV

Jabalpur. Dr. A.K. Rawat, Head (Soil

Science) was the Organizing

Secretary.

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Soil test crop response & integratedplant nutrient models should beadopted

Potassium being an importantnu t r ien t fo r sus ta in ing theproductivity even in Vertisol, moresatellite trials are required toestablish K limit

Translation of GIS,GPS andG a m m a r a y s p e c t r o m e t r ytechnology for geospatial mappingand understanding of soil health

Scope for inter discipl inarycoordination of technologies(GIS,GPS and Gamma ray

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spectrometry technology) forprecise estimation of insects anddiseases

Conservation of biodiversity andtraditional ecological knowledge forimproveing crop yields and soilhealth

Policy intervention for establishmentand functioning of soil quality testlaboratory at Block level

Application of phosphorous inpulses is recommended as itsrequirement is high for optimum forBNF. Unfortunately approximately94% of the area in India is grownunder rainfed with low input and Puse.

Efficient cropping system/ manage-ment, Integrated pest and weedmanagement, use of bin-agents.resource conservation, water useefficiency, application of DAF alongwith sulphur and micro-nutrients arerecommended for enhancingproductivity of pulses.

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National Conference - Soil Health: A Key to Unlock and Sustain Production Potential

National Workshop - Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture

A two day National Conference

on Biotechnology for Sustainable

Agriculture was organized by

Biotechnology Centre, JNKVV,,

Jabalpur with support from Madhya

Pradesh Council of Science &

Technology, Bhopal from 8-9

September, 2014. The importance

of biotechnology in the field of

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agriculture with genomics for

sustainable agriculture, tools for

plants and animal biotechnology,

molecular breeding, use of microbe

for sustainable agriculture were

discussed thorough oral and poster

presentations. In all,185 participants

from different states participated in

the seminar.

Prof. Amarjit Singh Nanda, Vice

Chancellor, Nanaji Deshmukh

Veterinary Science University,

Jabalpur was the Chief Guest of the

Inaugural Session while Dr. T.

Mahapatra, Director, Central Rice

Research Institute, Cuttack and Dr.

N.P. Singh Director, Indian Institute

of Pulses Research, Kanpur were

the Guests of Honour. The session

was presided over by Prof. V.S.

Tomar, Vice Chancellor, JNKVV

Jabalpur. The participants were Dr.

H.S. Gupta, Director General,

Borlaug Institute for South Asia

(BISA), Dr. A. Pandey, Dr. R.K.

Kehtrapal, Dr. S.K. Rao, Dean,

Faculty of Agriculture, JNKVV,

Jabalpur, Dr. S.S. Tomar, Director

Research Services, Dr. P.K. Mishra,

Director Extension Services. Dr.

Sharad Tiwari, Director, Biotech-

nology Centre was the Organizing

Secretary of the seminar.

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Ongoing research and Field trialsneeds prioritization. Intensivescanning for new genes should beencouraged for crop improvementusing genetic engineering.

Marker assisted breeding in plantswith more efficient single nucleotidepolymorphic and microsatellitemarkers should be encouraged.

Production of potent bio-fertilizerthrough Hybridization/geneticalmodification fo the desired strains ofPlant Growth Promoting Rhizo-bacteria (PGPR). Considering themultidimensional benefits AM fungi( fungi) asbio- fertilizer, bio-control agent,bioremediation and in sequestrationof rhizospheric carbon and metals,its large scale production needsimmediate attention.

National level awareness progra-mme is needed inform the massabout genetically modified foods.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal

The two day National Seminar

on Challenges and Opportunities for

Agricultural Crop Productivity under

Climate Change held on 21-22

September 2014 in the College of

Agriculture, Rewa was organized by

JNKVV Jabalpur.

Shri Girish Gautam, Hon'ble

Member of Legislative Assembly,

GoMP and Member, Board of

Management, JNKVV, Jabalpur was

the Chief Guest of the Inaugural

Session while Prof. P.S. Shukla,

G.B. Pant University of Agriculture &

Technology, Pantnagar & Member,

Board of Management, JNKVV and

Dr. (Smt.) Nandita Pathak, Director,

Deendayal Shoudh Sansthan,

Chikrakoot and Former Member

Board of Management of JNKVV

Jabalpur were the Special Guests.

Dr. S.S. Tomar , Director Research

Services, JNKVV presided over the

session in presence of Dr. S.K. Rao,

Dean Faculty of Agriculture, JNKVV,

Jabalpur.

Integrated weed managementpractices should be promoted inRice–wheat cropping system.

IPM technology should bedeveloped in context to theClimate change that influencesincidence of major insect pestsof Paddy viz., Stem borer,Hopper complex, Leaf Folder,

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Gundhi bug and case worm.

Mulching technology may bepromoted for moisture conser-vation and weeds management.

Heat tolerant crop varieties ofpaddy and pulses should bescreened.

Early season, mid season andterminal drought during kharifseason coinciding with seedling,pre-flowering and post floweringneeds to be addressed.

Agri-waste management for soilhealth and crop productivityneeds to be focused.

Management of fruit fly has to bestressed.

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A three day Nat iona l

C o n f e r e n c e o n P u l s e s :

Challenges and Opportunities

under Chang ing C l ima te

Scenario was held in JNKVV on

September 29 - October 1. 2014

was jointly organized by JNKVV,

Jabalpur, Indian Society of

Pulses Research and Develop-

ment, Indian Institute of Pulse

Research, Kanpur, ICAR,

ICRISAT and ICARDA.

Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary

DARE & Director General, ICAR

was the Chief Guest of the

Inaugural Session while Dr. J.S.

Sandhu, Agricultural Commissi-

oner, GoI, New Delhi was the

Guest of Honour. The session

was presided over by Prof. V.S.

Tomar, Vice Chancellor; JNKVV

Jabalpur.

About 250 scientists including

scientists from ICARDA, ICRISAT,

BARC and NARS participated. Dr.

S.S. Tomar, Director Research

Services was the Organizing

Secretary of the conference.

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To ensure high seed replacementrate, arrangement of good qualityseed has to be made in advance.For that, effective policy to EnhanceSeed Replacement Rate of Pulsesthrough ensuring good varieties andde-notification of more 15 year oldvarieties.

Exploitation of molecular markertechnology for breeding newcultivars should be an integral partof the breeding programmes forabiotic and biotic stress as well as

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amenable to combine harvesting.

Identification and large scale use ofpre- and post emergence herbicidefor pulses must be taken on toppriority.

Mechanization to help reducedrudgery reduction and processingneeds due emphasis.

Commissioning of Vigna Consor-tium forAsiatic spp.

Development of embryo rescuetechnique for inter-specific crossesin pulses

Creating off-season nurseryfacilities for rapid advancement ofgenotypes of breeding material.

Raised beds planting of pulses inthe IGP area provides less mortality,more yield of the crop and saves20-30 % irrigation water.

Seed priming with water or 2%potassium di hydrogen phosphate(KH P0 ) for 12 hrs of lentil and

chickpea for early vigour especiallyfor rice-utera system.

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RESEARCH

Projects sanctioned

Seven project worth Rs.

63.316 lakh have been sanctioned

by different funding agencies of MP

Govt./Govt. of India:

PI: Dr.

R.P. Joshi, Senior Scientist (PB),

College of Agriculture, Rewa.

Sanctioned by MP State Biodiversity

Board, Bhopal worth Rs. 9.935 lakh

for 2 years (Ref: No. MPSBB/

ad-hoc

Studies on promot ion of

nautraceutical small millets among

the people of Madhya Pradesh for

food and nutritional security.

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M(P)/2010/1230 dated 11.8.2014).

PI: Dr. Rajesh Singh,

SMS (Horticulture) Krishi Vigyan

Kendra, Rewa, Sanctioned by MP

State Biodiversity Board, Bhopal

worth Rs. 9.51 lakh for 2 years (Ref:

No.MPSBB//M(P)//2010/1232 dated

11.8.2014).

PI: Dr. S.D. Upadhayaya,

Professor (Plant Physiology),

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Conservation through rejuve-

nation of old mango orchards in

Rewa (M.P.).

Measurement of vegetation and

b iomass pa rame te rs unde r

vegetation carbon pool assessment

(VCP).

Jabalpur. Sanctioned by National

Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO,

Dept. of Space, Govt. of India,

Balanagar, Hyderabad worth Rs.

14.61 lakh for 3 years.

PI: Dr. Vijay

Agrawal, Scientist (Pl. Pathology),

College of Agriculture, Jabalpur.

Sanctioned by National Bank for

Rural Agriculture, Development

NABARD Regional Office, Bhopal

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farming technologies for diversi-

fication of livelihood option and

poverty alleviation among small and

marginal farmers.

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worth Rs. 8.31 lakhs for 1 year 6

months (Ref: Bhopal/ FTTF/ 3744/

DPR/14/2014-15 dated 24.9.2014).

PI: Dr. A.K.

Shrivastava, Assistant Professor

(Agromet) College of Agriculture,

Tikamgarh. Sanctioned by Dept. of

Science & Technology, Govt. of India

worth Rs. 25.80 lakh for 2 years

(Ref.: letter No. NRDMS/ 11/ 2082/

013(G) dated 12.9.2014).

PI:

Dr. Yogendra Singh, Scientist,

Biotechnology Centre, JNKVV

Jabalpur. Sanctioned by MP Council

of Science and Technology, Bhopal

worth Rs. 5.08 lakhs for 2 years. (Ref

: MPCST No. 5026/ CST/ R&D/

Bio.Sci./2014 dated 23.12.2014).

PI: Dr. S.D. Upadhayaya,

Professor, Dept. of Crop Physiology,

College of Agriculture. Sanctioned

by MP Council of Science and

Technology, Bhopal worth Rs. 4.68

lakh for 2 years. (Ref : MPCST No.

5030/ CST/R&D/Bio. Sci./ 2014

dated 23.12.2014).

PI: Dr. L.P.S. Rajput,

Professor, Biotechnology Centre.

sanctioned by MPCOST, Bhopal

worth Rs. 4.58 lakhs for 2 years.

(Ref.: MPCST/ 5027/ CST/ R&D/

Bio.Sci./ 2014 dated 23.12.2014).

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Web enabled weather based

decision support system for fore-

warning and management of

important pest diseases of soybean

and chickpea in Bundelkhand zone

of Madhya Pradesh.

Molecular characterization of

new plant types (NPTs) of rice

developed by JNKVV Jabalpur.

Impact of water stress on

secondary metabolites production of

medicinal plants as memory

enhancer.

Low cost processing technology

for bioethanol production from waste

potatoes using different micro-

organisms.

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Fund of Rs. 89.00 lakh have beenreceived from different firms (seeds,fertilizers, insecticides, herbicide,PGR etc.) to test their products

Resource Generation

under Consultancy Processing Cell.

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Dr. Suni l Kumar Pandey,

Scientist, Department of Plant

Breeding & Genetics, College of

Agriculture, Jabalpur visited Japan

for six months (August- December

2014) for technical training on

“Soybean cultivation and cultivar

selection technology” under MP-

JICA project on Maximization of

Soybean in Madhya Pradesh.

Dr. P.C. Mishra, Principal

Scient is t , Zonal Agr icul tural

Research Station, Powarkheda and

Dr. R.S. Shukla, Principal Scientist,

Wheat Improvement Project,

Department of Plant Breeding &

Genet ics , JNKVV, Jaba lpur

participated in the annual review

and work planning meet of BMZ and

SCISA (CIMMYT) programme for

South Asia at Kathmandu (Nepal)

from 10-14 September, 2014.

Dr. Anita Babbar, Principal

Scientist, Department of Plant

Breeding & Genetics, College of

Agriculture, Jabalpur and Dr.

Yogranjan, Scientist (Biotech-

nology), College of Agriculture,

Tikamgarh participated in the

t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m m e u n d e r

Integrated Breeding Platform on IB-

M Y C - I I I a t M e d i t e r r a n e a n

Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza

(CEHEAM-IAMZ), Spain from15-26

September 2014.

Dr. P.C. Mishra, Principal

Scient is t , Zonal Agr icul tural

Research Station, Powarkheda

(Hoshangabad) participated in the

seminar on “Standardization of stem

rust, note taking evaluation of

germplasm with emphasis on

emerging threats of yellow and leaf

rust” at Njora (Nakuru) Kenya from

23 September to 3 October 2014.

Dr. Anita Babbar, Principal

Scientist, and Dr. P. C. Mishra,

Principal Scientist, Department of

International Visits

Plant Breeding & Genetics, JNKVV,

Jabalpur participated in the General

Research Meeting organized by

CGIR, Generation Challenge

Programme at Rayong (Thailand)

during 7-10 October 2014.

Dr. (Smt.) Om Gupta, Professor &

Head (Plant Pathology) visited

Netherlands as Nodal Scientist and

Country Co-ordinator Group 5

farmers of Madhya Pradesh from 26

November to 2 December, 2014.

Dr. R.P. Joshi, Senior Scientist,

College of Agriculture, Rewa

awarded 'Outstanding State level

Chief Minister Excellence Award' on

1 November 2014 on the eve of

'Sthapana Divas' ceremony of MP at

Lal Pared Ground Bhopal

Dr. R.K. Tiwari, Sr. Scientist,

A I C R P ( R i c e ) , C o l l e g e o f

Agriculture, Rewa awarded

'JNKVV Best Teacher Award 2014'

on Golden Jubilee Celebration at

Jabalpur. The Award was given by

Shri Gauri Shankar Bisen, Hon'ble

Minister, Department of Farmer

Welfare and Agriculture Develop-

ment, GoMP and Prof. V.S.Tomar,

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Chief Minister Shri Shiv Raj Singh

Chauhan.

Awards

� On the occasion of 'Founder day of

JNKVV' (1 October, 2014), five best

farmers viz., Mr. Roshanlal Vishwakarma

(Narsinghpur), Mr. Madhusudan Tonpe

(Chhindawada), Mr. Alok Kumar Verma

(Betul), Mr. Shivram Sanodiya (Seoni)

and Mr. Na rayan S ingh Pa te l

(Narsinghpur) were honoured with

'Farmer FellowAward'.

Vice Chancellor JNKVV , Jabalpur

on 1 October 2014.Dr. R.K. Tiwari, Sr. Scientist,

AICRP, Rewa awarded 'Distin-

guished Scientist Award' from

DRR, Hyderabad in the National

conference ECOBASM-2014 from

13-14 December, 2014.Dr. R.P. Joshi and Dr. A.K. Jain,

Senior Scientists, AICRP on Small

Millet, College of Agriculture, Rewa

awarded 1st prize in the National

Symposium on Dryland Farming and

Food Security in India on 30-31

August , 2014 at RVSKVV, Gwalior

sponsored byAIUA, New Delhi.

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Dr. Ashish Kumar, Assistant

Professor, College of Agriculture,

Rewa awarded 'Young Scientist

Award' from DRR, Hyderabad in the

National Conference ECOBASM-

2014 from 13-14 December, 2014.Dr. R.S. Shukla, Principal

Scientist, Wheat Improvement

Project and Dr. P.C. Mishra, Principal

Scientist, ZARS, Pawarkheda were

awarded plaque of honuor for

“Recognition of the services

provided for the improvement and

development of wheat in Madhya

Pradesh during the International

Seminar held on 24August 2014.

Development, Government of

Madhya Pradesh.

� Unity Day was celebrated on 31

October, 2014 in the remembrance

of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel. On this

occasion, cadets from NCC boys &

girls battalion and NSS volunteers

pa r t i c i pa ted w i th zea l and

enthusiasm.

Farmer Fellow Award

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Debate and Essay competitions

were organized at all the college

campuses as Golden Jubilee Year

Celebrations, in which total 41

students received awards.

Agriculture Science Exhibition

involving different themes express-

ed through posters by postgraduate

students

was

inaugurated by Shri Gouri Shankar

Bisen, Hon'ble Minister, Department

of Farmer Welfare and Agriculture

on 1 October, 2014 at

College of Agriculture, Jabalpur

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Rural Agriculture Work Experience (RAWE)

Underall the 273

B.Sc. (Ag) final year students were

Rural Agricultural WorkExperience Programme

Picking of mung Planting of garlic Treatment of chickpea seed

Picking of cowpea Transplanting of rice Application of urea in rice

palced in the month of June 5th,2014 at different villages underKVKs and attached to host farmers

for r igorous orientat ion andfamiliarization on various issues andproblems of village and agriculture.

In 2nd Semester, 2014-15, 16 students have been

admitted in Visual and Graphic Communication under

Experiential Learning programme. The Orientation

programme was inaugurated on 16 December, 2014 in the

presence of Dr. S.K. Rao, Dean, Faculty Agriculture,

Dr. N.K. Khare, Professor & Head, Department of

Extension Education, College of Agriculture, JNKVV,

Jabalpur and course instructors.

On the basis of Self Study Report submitted by theUniversity, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research,New Delhi constituted a 5 members Peer Review Teamfor the accreditation of the JNKVV, Jabalpur. The PeerReview Team of ICAR visited the University from October

27th to 31st, 2014. The Chairman of the team Dr. C.Ramasamy, Former Vice Chancellor of Tamil NaduAgriculture University, Coimbtore (Tamil Nadu) alongwith 4members including Dr. T.A. More, Vice Chancellor ofMahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri (Maharashtra)Dr. Syed Akhtar Hussani, Professor & Head, Biotechnology,Jamia Milia University, Aligarh (U.P.), Dr. Upendra Koul,Director, IBRC, Jalandhar (Punjab) and Dr. K.P. Tripathi,Principal Scientist, ICAR, New Delhi during its five days visithad conducted inspection of all the Colleges, ResearchStations, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, Agriculture Farms, VariousProject, Scientific Laboratories, Hostels, Sports Facilitiesand submitted its reports to the ICAR, New Delhi. On thebasis of this report the National Agricultural EducationAccreditation Board of the ICAR granted accreditation to theJNKVV, Jabalpur for five years w.e.f. 16.03.2015 to15.03.2020.

Experiential Learning Programme (ELP)

Visit of ICAR Peer Review Team

from 26-28 September, 2014. KVK - Betuland Sagar put the exhibition stall displaying the latesttechnologies of agriculture and allied disciplines for thefarmers.

Organic Farmers' Fair and Producer-Buyer-InvestorMeet was co-organized by JNKVV in Mandla from 18-20October, 2014 to create awareness in the farmers aboutthe organic farming technologies and also bring theproducers, buyers and investors on the same platform toboost commercial activities. Chief Guest of the event wasHonourable Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh, Mr. ShivRaj Singh Chauhan. Prof. V.S. Tomar, Vice Chancellor,JNKVV, Jabalpur and Dr. P.K. Mishra, Director ExtensionServices welcomed the Chief Minister. JNKVV displayedthe relevant technologies.

Regional Committee Meeting was organized byZonal Project Directorate, Zone-VII, held in Indira GandhiKrishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh from

Powarkehda,

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Atwo day Workshop on "Krishi Mahotsava 2014" wasorganized at JNKVV, Jabalpur from 30-31 August, 2014.Prof. V.S. Tomar, Vice Chancellor, JNKVV, Jabalpur,Dr. Rajesh Rajora, Principal Secretary, Government ofMadhya Pradesh,

Dr. P.K. Mishra, Director Extension Services, Scientists,Program Coordinators of KVKs, Project Directors fromATMA Project were present on the occasion. Package ofpractices for agronomical and horticultural crops wereprepared in the workshop.

Krishi Mahotsava was organised by Government ofMadhya Pradesh from 25 September to 20 October,2014. Scientists of KVK Jabalpur took active part andcovered 750 villages by intensive visits for 26 days.

During the Mahotsava, 225 and 7 atPanchayat and block level were organised respectively.More than one lakh farmers were benefitted with theadvanced technologies of various crops. Literatureprepared on different aspects of soil health, cropproduction and protection were made available to thefarmers. Likewise, other 19 KVKs under JNKVV alsotransferred agricultural and allied technologies in theirrespective districts at panchayat level.

Farmers' Fair was organized at Balaghat on 14September, 2014, in which, farmers were made awareabout the latest technologies of agriculture and allieddiscipline.

Haldhar Krishi Expo and Farmers' Fair cumExhibition was organized in Lal Pared Ground, Bhopal

Dr. S.K. Rao, Dean Faculty ofAgriculture, Dr. S.S. Tomar, Director Research Services,

sangosties

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17-18 October, 2014. Chief Guest of the event wasHon'ble Minister of Agriculture, Government of India, Mr.Radha Mohan Singh. The occasion was also graced byHon'ble Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh, Dr. Raman Singh,Director General, ICAR, Dr. S. Ayyappan, ViceChancellor, JNKVV, Prof .Vijay Singh Tomar and DirectorExtension Services, Dr. P.K. Mishra. JNKVV, Jabalpurexhibited the agricultural technologies by putting thestalls.

State Level Workshop was organized at JNKVV,Jabalpur on 17 December, 2014. Vice Chancellor, Prof.Vijay Singh Tomar and Officers of the University werepresent along with the Officers of the Department ofFarmer's' Welfare and Agricultural Development,Government of MP.

The improved technologies forproduction of various crops, vegetables andvermicompost production were demonstrated under“ at KVK, Jabalpur.Vice Chancellor, Prof. V.S. Tomar, Dr. S.K. Rao, DeanFaculty of Agriculture, Dr. P.K. Mishra, DES and otherdignitaries observed farm waste and city garbageutilization in vermi-compost production. More than 2500farmers visited to see the demonstration. Similarly,technology demonstrations on agriculture and allieddisciplines are laid in other KVKs, which are being visitedby the farmers and farm women.

A training cum awareness programme for protectionof farmers plant varieties under PPV & FRA, 2001 was

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Khet Teerth Yojana:

Mukhyamantri Khet Teerth Yojana

organized on 22 December 2014 at KVK Jabalpur. Theprogramme was inaugurated by Dr. Anupam Mishra,Zonal Project Director, Zone-VII as Chief Guest underthe chairmanship of Dr. P.K. Mishra, Director ExtensionServices. More than 160 participants including farmersand staff of Department of Agriculture, Department ofHorticulture, students and scientists were participated inthe programme. Sixteen farmers has registered the oldvarieties during the programme.

Two days training programme was organized topromote Agroforestry Production System under TSP on23-24 December, 2014 at Krishi Vigyan Kendra,Jabalpur. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. P.K.Mishra, Director Extension Services as Chief Guest.Dr. N.N. Pathak, Prof & Head, Dept. of Forestry chairedthe programme. Sixty tribal farmers of Kundam blockwere participated in the programme who were providedwith seasonal seedling to grow under Ecalyptus trees.

An innovative farmer of KVK, Jabalpur, ShriPandurang Lokhande, village Jaitpuri, Bheeta

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developed soybean variety, Panrinath-1 by selection.This variety is high yielding (359/ha), medium duration(105 days). Shri Lokhande was felicitated by Hon'bleState Agriculture Minister, Govt of India in RegionalCommittee Meeting held at Raipur from 16-18 October,2014.

An Exhibition was organized at ICAR, New Delhiduring 19-20 September, 2014 in which KVK, Mandla,Powarkheda and Dindori participated and displayed theexhibitions. Honourable Minister Agriculture for States,Dr. Sanjeev Balyan and Chairman, Central TribalCommission Mr. Oraon graced the occasion. DirectorExtension Services, Dr. P.K. Mishra, Zonal ProjectDirector, Dr. Anupam Mishra and Project Coordinators ofthe three KVKs were also present.

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nteraction of rice producer with Prof. V.S. Tomar,Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Collector Shahdol, Dr P.K.Mishra, Director Extension Services, Dr. D.K. Mishra,Director Farm and Dr. S.K. Pandey, Dean College ofAgriculture, Rewa at Khaitoli village district Shahdol on7 December, 2014 was organized.

Zonal Workshop of Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Zone VIIand National Seminar on Integrated Farming System forSustainable Livelihood was organized from 5-7September, 2014. The workshop was attended byDr. P.K. Mishra, Director Extension Services. ZonalProject Director, ZPD, Zone VII, Dr. Anupam Mishra andProgram Coordinators of all the Krishi Vigyan Kendras.

A one day workshop on “Suggestions to Fifth DeansCommittee of ICAR (Central Zone)” was held under theChairmanship of Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Prof. V.S.

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Tomar at Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University,Jabalpur on November 25, 2014. A total of 25 Deans,Directors and Head of Departments and Experts from sixAgricultural Universities of Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Gujarat were present.

The “Foundation day” of Indian Council of AgricultureResearch 2014, was celebrated at JNKVV, Jabalpur on16th July, 2014 in the presence of Vice Chancellor Prof.V.S. Tomar as Chief Guest. Senior agriculture scientistsfrom the University were also present on the occasion.

The University celebrated “ ”programme during closing ceremony of Golden JubileeYear on 2 October, 2014 in the presence of Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, faculty, staff and students. During theabhiyan, campus was cleaned by the faculty, staff andstudents of the University.

A meeting to review the Kharif seed productionprogramme of 2014 and planning of Rabi-2014-15 was

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Rao, Dean Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. R.V. Singh, Dean,College of Agriculture, Jabalpur, Dr. A.K. Rawart, Prof. &Head (Soil Science) released the publications.

Under Madhya Pradesh Water Sector RestructuringProject, a training programme on “Remote Sensing andGIS Application in the Field of Agriculture WaterManagement” was organized during 27 October 2014 to1 November 2014 for government officers. In this trainingprogramme, 13 Assistant Director Agriculture fromdifferent districts of Madhya Pradesh were participated.

Acomputer training programme was organized by theDepartment of Extension Education at the ExperientialLearning Computer Lab, College of Agriculture, Jabalpurfrom 9 June to 4 July, 2014 for technical staff of theUniversity. Dr. Nalin Khare, Professor & Head (ExtensionEducation) and Dr. A.K. Rai, In-charge, ID&SCcoordinated the programme. Er. S.K. Jain, AssociateProfessor, Er. Bharati Dass, Asso. Professor and ShriAlok Rajpoot, CoA, Jabalpur were the resource persons.

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organized during 17-18 October, 2014. The seedproduction programme was organized at 28 farms in835.15 ha area in Kharif 2014 and will be organized in675.50 ha at 24 farms during Rabi 2014-15.

During July to November, 2014, 3384 farmers and 26farmers' team visitedATIC for solution of various problemrelated to seeds, diagnostic and advisory service. Theybought technical literature worth Rs. 64155/-. Apart fromthe visits, 251 telephone calls from the farmers wereattended for different queries related to agriculture andallied disciplines. Farmers were benefited throughtwenty one radio programs during the period, which wererecorded for ' 'program and were broadcasted from All India Radio-Jabalpur between 7.20 pm to 8.00 pm.

District Level Kisan Mela was organized by theDepartment of Agriculture, Bhopal at College ofAgriculture, Rewa from 19-21 October, 2014. ShriRajendra Shukla, Minister of Energy, Mines and PublicRelations, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal graced thefunction and visited the experimental field of the college.

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A training programme entitled “Management of SoilHealth: Challenges and Opportunities” was organized bythe Centre of Advanced Faculty Training, Department ofSoil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, JNKVV, Jabalpur,sponsored by Indian Council of Agricultural Research,New Delhi from 29 September to19 October 2014. Prof.V.S. Tomar, Vice Chancellor, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Dr. S.K.

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August, 2014, 17-23 November, 2014 and 12-28December, 2014. In these training programmes, 71participants participated from different districts of MP.

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An entrepreneurship oriented training programme on'Agriclinic and Agribusiness Centre' organized from 16October to 18 December, 2014 at Business Planning &Development Unit, JNKVV, Jabalpur was attended bynineteen participants from different districts of MadhyaPradesh. Dr. S.B. Nahatkar, Professor (Economics)conducted the programme.

People from relevant industry were participated andwitness the performance of hybrid rice in one dayshowcase on hybrid rice was conducted by BusinessPlanning & Development Unit, JNKVV, Jabalpur on 10October, 2014.

Agricultural Engineering, JNKVV, Jabalpur for preparingthe performa and planning of impact survey. The impactsurvey was proposed for RARS Rewa, RARS Sagar,ZARS Tikamgarh, COA Ganjbasoda, and KVK Damoh toreceive the information on the impact of MPWSRP andimportant achievements of the project on farmers lifebased on social, economical and technical factors.

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Nineteen Agri Clinic and Agri Business trainees fromdifferent districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradeshvisited Bioagent and Biopesticide Production Laboratory,JNKVV, Jabalpur on 6 November, 2014 to learnproduction of entomopathogenic fungi.

Dr. S.K. Malhotra, Commissioner Horticulture, Govt.of India and Dr. Anurag Shrivastav, CommissionerHorticulture, Govt. of M.P. visited Fruit and VegetableCafeteria of KVK, Jabalpur. Technologies such as dripirrigation system, poly mulch under raised bed weredemonstrated. Brinjal, chillies, Okra as well as fruit plantsgrown using technologies also were shown to them.

Dr. N.K. Gontia, Dean, College of AgriculturalEngineering, Agricultural University, Junagarh delivereda special lecture on “Water management and relatedissues” on 15 December, 2014 at College of AgriculturalEngineering, JNKVV, Jabalpur.

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subjects, “Nursery Management ” and “Seed Production”during the academic session 2014-15 was held on July22-23, 2014 at Horticulture Vocational EducationInstitute, DHRTC, Garhakota, Sagar (M.P.).

A joint counseling for admission inB.Sc. (Ag.) / B.Sc. (Forestry) / B.Sc. (Horticulture) andB.Tech (Agriculture Engineering) during the academicsession 2014-15 for tboth the universities i.e. JNKVV,Jabalpur and RVSKVV, Gwalior was held from 10-25September, 2014.

JNKVV, Jabalpur and RVSKVV,Gwalior have started on-line off campus joint entranceexamination w.e.f. academic session 2014-15 foradmission to Masters and Ph.D. Degree programmes.The joint entrance examination was conducted in June-July 2014.

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Exhibitions by Central Library - Golden Jubilee Celebrations 2014

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2658 New books, reference books and advanceswere added to the collection of Central Library in the year,2014. Wi-fi facility has been started in the Central Library

Seven foreign journals viz. Irrigation and Drainage,Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, Journal ofAgronomy & Crop Science, Journal of Science of Food &Agriculture, Science, Soil Science & Plant Nutrition andJournal ofAgricultural Science

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Dr. S.R. Ranganathan (Father of Library Science) daywas celebrated by Central Library on 12August 2014.

Four book exhibitions wereorganized by Central Library between July - September2014 involving Himalaya Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. (

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8-9August 2014); 22-25August, 2014 3-4September 201429-30 September and 1 October, 2014 ).

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Dr. Pramod Omre, Professor, Department of PostHarvest Process & Food Engineering, G.B. PantUniversity of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagardelivered a special lecture on "Post Harvest and ProcessTechnologies" on 29 December, 2014 at College ofAgricultural Engineering, JNKVV, Jabalpur.

Dr. M.S. Bhale, Department of Plant Breeding &Genetics, JNKVV, Jabalpur is nominated as UniversityCoordinator MPCOST for three years (2014-15 to 2017-18).

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