ICAR – National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu organised a National webinar on “Integrated Farming System (IFS)” on 07.07.2021.

Dr. N. Ravisankar, Principal Scientist & Project Coordinator (In-charge), AICRP – IFS, Coordination Unit, ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram delivered a talk on “Sustainable Integrated Cropping and Farming System Models with Special Reference to Banana for Enhanced Income of Farmers”.

Earlier, in her presidential address, Dr. S. Uma, Director, ICAR-NRCB, Tiruchirappalli highlighted the importance of banana based Integrated Farming System for doubling the farmers’ income.

Among the 1000 registered participants, 700 participants were joined in the event via Zoom and ICAR-NRCB YouTube live streaming. Different Stakeholders viz., Researchers, Academicians, Students and Scholars from different agricultural universities across India, SMS from KVKs of ATARI, Zone XI, Bengaluru and other KVKs also participated in the Webinar. Dr. C. Karpagam, SS and Dr. R. Selvarajan, PS & PMEC In-Charge were coordinated the programme along with the team.

The webinar was organised as a part of the “Bharat Ka Amrut Mahotsav” to commemorate 75^th Year of India’s Independence.