Regional meeting to draw road map on agricultural research

The 25th Meeting of ICAR Regional Committee meeting of Zone VIII, to be held here from November 11, will analyze, discuss and draw a road map on agricultural research and educational issue specific to the region.
Puducherry Agriculture minister R.Kamalakannan will inaugurate the two-day meeting which will be presided over by Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Government of India and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Delhi.
S.K.Singh, Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, ICAR, Deputy Director Generals and Assistant Director Generals of ICAR will alsoparticipate, Sugarcane Breeding Institute Director Bakshram, the joint organisers, said.

Around 150 delegates including Vice Chancellors, Directors of Research, Directors of Extension Education and Deans of the State Agricultural Universities (SAU), Directors of CAR Institutes, Project Coordinators and Heads of ICAR Regional/Research Centres and officials of the development departments of agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries and forestry from the region will take part in the event.
The meeting, conducted once in two years, will discuss and review the current status of agricultural research, education and extension education to take decisions on various problems faced by the region, comprising Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Puducherry and Lakshadweep, in the execution of approved programmes and in tackling the emergent problems.

It will also identify gaps for research by State Agricultural Universities/ICAR institutes and constraints in transfer of agricultural technology by extension agencies.