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ICAR- Summer School
“Modern Concepts and Practices of Organic Farming for safe, secured and
sustainable food production”
Course Director Dr. A.S.Panwar
Course Co-ordinators
Dr. N. Ravisankar Dr. Debashis Dutta
ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research Modipuram, Meerut – 250110
www.iifsr.res.in
Eligibility Master’s Degree in Agricultural Sciences with specialization in Agronomy/ Soil Science/ Microbiology/ Environmental Science/ Plant Pathology/ Agricultural Entomology/ Food Technology/ Agricultural Extension/ Plant Breeding and Genetics and other relevant subjects in the field of agriculture. Participants should be from ICAR Institutes/State AUs/CAU/ Agricultural faculty of AMU, BHU,Vishwa Bharti and Nagaland University in the cadre of Assistant Professors or equivalent and above.
Course Contents The course is designed in such a way that all the modern aspects of organic farming from production to consumption including management, certification, trade, traceability are covered. The major areas on which the summer school lectures and practical’s will concentrate is given below
Theme Major area to be covered
General
• History of Agriculture & organic farming • Perils of chemical farming • Forms of organic agriculture • Scientific organic farming: Concepts and principles
Basic
• Plant breeding strategies for organic farming • Physiological process of plants under organic
management • Bio-chemical and molecular characterization process of
indigenous organic manures • Nutrient mineralization, matching supply-demand of
nutrients from organic manures for soil health & quality
• Methodology for identification of niche areas and crops • Integrated Organic Farming Systems: Concepts
Production &
quality
• Organic and Towards organic approaches for organic agriculture
• Varietal response under organic farming • Modern agronomic tools for organic crop production • Modern techniques of waste recycling • System based nutrient management under organic
production system • Advances in weed, insect, disease and nematode
management under organic farming • Organic livestock and Aquaculture production • Quality of produces under organic vs inorganic • Success stories of organic growers
Environment
• Strategies for mitigation of climate change through organic farming
• Estimation of Green House Gases emission from organic farming
Certification,
marketing
and Trade
• National and International standards for organic certification
• Third party certification • Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) certification • Government schemes to promote organic farming in
India • Product packaging and marketing • Consumer preferences on organic products • Gender issues in organic agriculture
Inorganic Organic
14th July to 03rd August 2017
Background Deteriorating soil health due to imbalanced application of nutrients, indiscriminate use of synthetics in crop production especially for pest and disease management, increasing frequency of failure of crops due to weather vagaries, reducing net income due to market driven inputs, increasing awareness among consumers especially on healthy and residue free products have heightened the demand for promotion of organic agriculture in India. The efforts on promotion of organic farming in the form of National Programme on Organic Production in 2003-04 resulted in increasing the area from 42,000 ha to 4.89 m ha under organic certification process during 2014-15. Out of this cultivated area accounts for 1.18 m ha (24.1 %) while remaining 3.71 m ha (75.9 %) is wild forest harvest collection area. Currently, India ranks 10th among the top ten countries having the cultivable land under organic certification. India is having largest producers (6.50 lakhs) engaged in various forms of organic agriculture. Sikkim state has been declared as organic state from January 2016. Though wider scope for organic agriculture exists in the country, the approach of organic farming needs to be applied carefully as India needs to feed quality food to the teaming billions. Although several issues exist for organic growers, practically there are three major issues which constraints the productivity of crops under organic farming compared to conventional farming. These issues are supply of sufficient nutrient through organic inputs, pest and disease management under organic production system. The major questions on organic farming related to production are how to meet the nutrient requirement of crops through organic manures and where it is available? and is it possible to manage the pests and diseases without using synthetics?. These questions need to be answered scientifically with modern concepts. Knowledge on the developments in the field of certification such as third party and Participatory Guarantee system of certification also needs to be updated to the researchers/educational faculties for advancement of organic production system in the country. In this background, a summer school on “Modern Concepts and Practices of Organic Farming for safe, secured and sustainable food production” is being organized to update the modern concepts in the field to benefit the researchers, educationists etc.
Travel/Accommodation The expenditure on travel by all participants from SAUs, ICAR institutes and other organizations will be paid as per their entitlement for the class of travel, restricted to the maximum of AC II Tier fare by the shortest route. Participants are required to produce the original and photocopies of tickets in support of their claim. Lodging and boarding arrangements for selected participants shall be made free of cost in the Guest House of ICAR-IIFSR located in the Institute campus at IIFSR Modipuram.
Host Institute ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram is a research institution under Indian Council of Agricultural Research located at Modipuram (Uttar Pradesh). The institute is mandated to develop technologies for enhancing the productivity and income through appropriate cropping and farming systems. The institute is also operating AICRP on Integrated Farming Systems with 75 centres spread in 23 states and 2 UTs. Network Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) with 20 centres in 16 states is also an integral part of the institute. The institute has documented the on-farm nutrient response of crops and cropping systems for 96 districts of the country besides working out the nutrient application gaps by farmers for major and micro nutrients. Basic and Strategic research has been conducted through NPOF and as a result organic POP’s for 42 cropping systems suitable for 12 states have bee developed. The institute also played a vital role in formulating policy for promotion of organic farming in India.
How to Apply As per the ICAR instructions, the interested candidates should register and apply online through “Capacity Building Programme (CBP)” portal as follows: 1. Visit the website http://www.iasri.res.in/cbp or click on
Capacity Building Programme link under http://www.icar.org.in/ 2. Login using your ID and Password. To create user ID, use “Create
New Account” link. 3. After login, click on “Participation in training” link and fill the
Proforma. 4. Take a printout and send duly signed copy through proper
channel (recommended by the competent authority) to the Course Director of Winter School by post along with the non-refundable registration fee (Rs 50 in the form of DD/Postal order drawn in favour of ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram).
Note: The last date for receiving the nomination is 6th June 2017. The advance scanned copy of the nomination may be sent by e-mail. The list of selected participants will be displayed in IIFSR website www.iifsr.res.in and will also be conveyed to the applicants only through email. In case of any query please contact Course Director or Course Coordinators. Only 25 participants shall be selected for the course.
Application Form ICAR- SUMMER SCHOOL on
“Modern Concepts and Practices of Organic Farming for safe, secured and sustainable food production”
(14th July – 3rd August, 2017) 1. Full Name (in BLOCK Letters):……………………………….…………….……… 2. Designation:………………………………………………………………………….…… 3. Present employer and address:……………………….………….……………… 4. Address to which reply should be sent (in BLOCK
Letters):……………………………………………………………………………………. 5. Mobile: …………………..……….. E-mail:…………………..…….………………. 6. Permanent Address: …………………………………………………….…………… 7. Date of Birth: ……………………… 8. Sex (M/F):…………………......…… 9. Teaching/research/professional experience (mention post held
during last 5 years and number of publications with details).
10. Marital status(Married/Unmarried):……………… 11. Mention if you have participated in any seminar, summer/winter
school/short course etc. during the previous years under ICAR/other organizations:……………….………………………………………………
12. Postal Order/DD No. …………….Dated…………….of Rs. 50/- (NON-REFUNDABLE) for registration of application (in favour of ICAR IIFSR, Modipuram)
13. Academic record: (Degree onwards)
Signature of the applicant with date & place
14. Recommendation & Certificate of sponsoring Institute
Signature with date, designation & address (Office Seal)
About city Meerut is an ancient city with settlements dating back to the Indus Valley civilisation. The city lies 70 km northeast of the national capital of New Delhi. The city is one of the largest producers of sports goods, and the largest producer of musical instruments in India. The city is also an education hub in western Uttar Pradesh. Meerut is also known as the "Sports City Of India". The city is famous for being the starting point of the 1857 rebellion against British colonial rule. Holy places such as Haridwar, Rishikesh and Hastinapur are near to the city. During July to August, weather is expected to be hot and humid with mean maximum and minimum temperature of 34.5 and 26.00C respectively. Rain fall is around 412 mm during the period with rainy days ranging from 16-18 days (July- August).
How to Reach
Summer school will be held at ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram which is located on the Delhi-Roorkee National Highway (NH-58) and well connected by road, train and Air services. Nearest railway stations are Meerut city (12 km) and Meerut Cantt (10 km). Nearest Airport is New Delhi Airport (110 km).
Course Director
Dr. A.S.Panwar Director
Mobile: +91 9412078001 Email: [email protected]
Course Co-ordinators
Dr. N. Ravisankar Principal Scientist (Agronomy) &
National Principal Investigator (NPOF) Mobile: +91 8755195404
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Debashis Dutta Senior Scientist (Agricultural Chemicals)
Mobile:+91 7895633976 Email: [email protected]
S. No. Post held Period with Dates
Contact Address
Examination Passed Subject Year Div University
Bachelor
Master
Doctorate
Post-doc
Important Dates Last date for receipt of application : 6 June, 2017 Intimation of selection : 11 June, 2017 Confirmation of participation by candidates : 13 June, 2017 NOTE: Once selected, candidates will be intimated through email to which they should promptly reply with firm acceptance and travel plan.
