Delhi, 22 February (H.S.): Delhi Union Minster of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit the Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela 2025 in New Delhi today.Shivraj singh Chouhan will be the Chief Guest of the inaugural function.Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela (PKVM) 2025 of Indian Council of Agricultural Research -Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI)is going to be held during February 22-24, 2025.
The theme of the mela is Unnat Krishi – Viksit Bharat.Ministers of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Ramnath Thakur and Bhagirath Choudhary will be the Chief Guest of the Valedictory Session on 24th February 2025.Secretary DARE and Director General, ICAR, Dr. Himanshu Pathak will preside over the inaugural and valedictory sessions.
The main attractions of the PKVM this year will be:
--Live demonstrations of the new varieties and technologies developed by IARI.
--Exhibitions on promising technologies, products and services of IARI as well as ICAR Institutes, Agricultural Universities, KVKs, FPOs, entrepreneurs, start-ups, public and private companies.
--Technical Sessions and Farmers-Scientists interactions on important issues like Climate Resilient Agriculture, Crop Diversification, Digital Agriculture; Entrepreneurship Development of Youth and Women; Agricultural Marketing, Farmers Organizations and Start-ups; and Farmers’ Innovations
--Sale of Pusa Seeds of important varieties
--On-Spot agro-advisories
Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
