AMFU Kumarakom -Report on Farmer awareness programme .pdf

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A One day workshop on “Climate change and Agriculture” was organized in RARS <strong>Kumarakom</strong> as part of the farmer awareness programme under Integrated Agromet Advisory Services Project on 15 th March 2012. Over 120 delegates comprising 83 farmers. official of the development department, scientists, researchers and technical personnel and media representatives participated. Climatic variability and agriculture, impacts of climate change on animal husbandry, impacts of climate change on fisheries, role IT sector in information e dissemination especially weather wise crop information and Integrated Agromet advisory services to the farmers were discussed in various sessions. A visit to Agromet observatory was also arranged as part of the program. Dr. G.S.L.H.V. Prasada Rao (Associate Director, KAU), Dr. A. Jalaludeen, Director of Academics and Research, KVASU, Dr. K.G. Padmakumar, Associate Director, RARS <strong>Kumarakom</strong> served as resource persons in different sessions. The workshop started with welcome address of Dr. K.G. Padmakumar, Associate Director, RARS <strong>Kumarakom</strong> by 10: AM, Dr. K.R. Viswambharan, IAS, vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural university presided over the function. Dr. V.S. Vijayan, Chairman (Rtd.) Kerala state Biodiversity board inaugurated the function. Father Thomas Peeliyanikkal, Executive Director,Kuttanad development society , Dr. Koshalya Ramachandran, Principal Scientist, CRIDA, Hyderabad were the special guests. The following persons made felicitation address Smt. Dhanya Sabu, Grama Panchayat president, <strong>Kumarakom</strong>, Smt. Valsamma Thankappan Member, <strong>Kumarakom</strong> Grama Panchayat. Sri. A.P. Gopi, Member, <strong>Kumarakom</strong> Grama
Panchayat, Sri. V.K. Raju, Principal Agricultural officer, Kottayam. The inaugural session was adjourned with vote of thank by Sri. Shajeesh Jan, P, Assistant professor(Agromet). Dr. Dr. K.R. Viswambharan, IAS, Hon. Vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University, in his presidential address stressed that climate change is real and the situation will become worse in this century. Although climate change is a global phenomenon, negative impacts are most severely felt by the poor people in developing countries that lack resources, knowledge capability due to poor research infrastructure. The most vulnerable people are the farmers who depend on natural resources for their livelihood. The rural population who depend heavily on agriculture, livestock keeping or fishing etc. are the most climate sensitive sectors. He explained in details the various programmes to combat climate which is being taken up by the university and programmes which are undergoing in this scenario. Looking at the importance of climate change Education and research, he said that the KAU has already started an “ Academy of Climate Change Education and Research” , first of its kind in the country . He also appreciated the efforts for interactive projects viz., Agromet advisory service started at <strong>Kumarakom</strong> centre with the financial assistance of India meteorological department under Ministry of Earth sciences, Government of India.
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