Proceedings 3Rd National Youth Convention on Transforming Agriculture for Agripreneurship & Employment Opportunities: the Youth Perspective
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Proceedings 3rd National Youth Convention on Transforming Agriculture For Agripreneurship & Employment Opportunities: The Youth Perspective February 23th-24th, 2018 at Assam Agricultural University - Jorhat, Assam 785013 Jointly Organized by All India Agricultural Indian Council of Assam Agricultural Students Association Agricultural Research University Jorhat, New Delhi New Delhi Assam Supported by Co - sponsored by Proceding National Youth Convention - 2018 @ All India Agricultural Students Association (AIASA) , 2017 Address All India Agricultural Students Association (AIASA) A/G-4, NASC Complex Pusa, New Delhi-110012, India E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: www.aiasa.org.in Editorial Team Dr. M. K. Verma Dr. Sahadeva Singh Mr. Hari Krishna. B Mr. Kuleshwar Prasad Sahu Mr. Ashok Kumar Mr. Milan Kumar Lal Ms. Sonica Priyadarshini Ms. Bhargavi H.A. Mr. K.T. Ravi Kiran Correct Citation Verma, M. K., Singh, S., Hari Krishna, B., Sahu, K.P., Kumar, A., Lal, M.K. , Priyadarshini, S., Bhargavi, H.A.and Ravi, K.K.T. (Eds.). 2018 : 3nd National Youth Convention on “Transforming Agriculture for Agripreneurship and Employment Opportunities: The Youth Perspective” : Proceedings, Published by the All India Agricultural Students Association (AIASA) A/G -4, NASC Complex Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012, India. Published by All India Agricultural Students Association (AIASA) A/G-4, NASC Complex Pusa, New Delhi-110012, India E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: www.aiasa.org.in Printed at G.C. Enterprises, M-117, M-Block, Naveen Shahdara, Delhi-110032 Mob. : +91-85878-59553, Email : [email protected], [email protected] ii Proceding National Youth Convention - 2018 All India Agricultural Students Association Sonica Priyadarshini New Delhi National President From the President's Desk… The 3rd National Youth Convention on “Transforming Agriculture for Agripreneurship & Employment Opportunities: The Youth Perspective” was organized jointly by All India Agricultural Students Association (AIASA); Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Assam Agricultural University (AAU) on 23rd – 24th February 2018 at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. This convention was financially supported by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (GOI), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Assam Agricultural University (AAU), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Centurion University of Technology & Management (CUTM). A souvenir was published containing articles, full length papers, lead lectures and abstracts of national importance with respect to: Strategies for empowering youth in agriculture for their involvement in establishing agribusiness ventures and services, Institutional strengthening for high quality innovative research projects and quality education in agriculture, Attracting Investments in capacity building & Skills for youth in Agriculture, ICT, Innovations & Startup Platforms, Transforming Agriculture (quality production, remunerative agriculture, eNAM, cooperative marketing) and Creation of Green Jobs in Agriculture Sector with the motto of Right Person at Right Place. The ICAR is one of the research wing of GOI and apex organization at national level for development of agricultural research, education and dissemination of technologies to farm level. The AIASA is a professional organization of present and former students in the field of Agriculture, Veterinary, Dairy, Horticulture, Fisheries, Forestry, Home science, Sericulture, ABM and other allied sciences, registered under Societies Registration act 1860. AIASA advocates for resolving the long pending issues of creation of the All India Cadre of “Indian Agriculture Service” for appointment of “Right person at the Right place” and grant of professional status to agriculture sector at par with other professions for better job opportunities and career advancement of the personnel serving the primary sector and delivery of quality inputs by involving farm youth. Recently Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare declared the four years B.Sc. (Ag) as a professional course for which AIASA is highly thankful. The main mission of AIASA is to empower youth in agriculture for development of agriculture and the nation. It is essential to foster the bond between agricultural students & professionals and to raise the voice for techno- administrative agricultural reforms and advancement in agriculture by involvement of agriculturists in policy formulation and implementation. Assam Agricultural University is the first institution of its kind in the whole of North-Eastern Region of India with the main goal of this institution is to produce globally iii Proceding National Youth Convention - 2018 competitive human resources in farm sector and to carry out research in areas for production optimization. India, to provide food security, employment and livelihood support in 21st century would require a very significant contribution of Techno-Administrative Agricultural support mechanism. In the present system there are crucial deficiencies with respect to the poor delivery of inputs and services for agricultural production system, e.g. defects in the framework of policy formulation, weaknesses in organization and institutional structures, procedural ineffectiveness, lack of coordination between different agencies and implementation of agricultural development programme by general bureaucrats. In the backdrop of the addressing the above issues, AIASA has timely organized this convention jointly with ICAR and AAU Jorhat. The deliberations at the convention have generated crucial policy directions, which are expected to help restructuring process for policy aspect to attain our sustainable food systems. The innovative ideas and recommendations came from the convention will help to formulate policies to attain the food and rural livelihood sustainability. The proceeding of the convention has been made possible by the cooperation and support of the participants who readily agreed to prepare the valuable articles and took part in the deliberations. We also take this opportunity to thank all the participants, organizers, and sponsors of the convention for their advices, physical and financial support in organization of the convention. 31st May 2018 New Delhi (Sonica Priyadarshini) National President, AIASA Co-Chairman Organizing Committee NYC 2018 iv Proceding National Youth Convention - 2018 -: Contents :- From the Pr esident's Desk iii 1. Executive Summary 1 2. Technical Session I 3 3. Technical Session II 5 4. Inaugural Session, Felicitation, Oath and Awards Ceremony Session 7 5. Technical Session III 17 6. Technical Session IV 18 4. Technical Session V 19 5. Annexure-I 24 6. Annexure-II 27 v Proceding National Youth Convention - 2018 vi Proceding National Youth Convention - 2018 Executive Summary Agriculture in the 21st century is more than subsistence farming. It has to be more productive, profitable and sustainable. As our population is increasing and resources are shrinking, this sector needs an integrated approach and various structural reforms to deal with the agrarian crisis. A sustainable food and agriculture system is a collaborative network that integrates several components in order to enhance a community’s environmental, economic and social well-being. Agriculture must not be seen only as a profession, but it is more of personal commitment and dedication to serve the human community by eliminating hunger, malnutrition and poverty. With this aim, 3rd National Youth Convention on “Transforming Agriculture for Agripreneurship and Employment Opportunities: The Youth Perspective” was organized by the All India Agricultural Student’s Association (AIASA), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat (Assam) at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat (Assam), India from 23rd to 24th February, 2018. There were six technical sessions on the topics of national importance in youth perspective which mainly includes i) Strategies for empowering youth in agriculture for their involvement in establishing agribusiness ventures and service, ii) Institutional strengthening for high quality innovative research projects and quality education in agriculture, iii) Attracting investments in capacity building & skills for youth in agriculture, iv) ICT, innovations & start-up platforms, v) Transforming agriculture (quality production, remunerative agriculture, e-NAM, cooperative marketing) and vi) Creation of green jobs in agriculture sector & Right person at right place. Besides, the Felicitation and Awards and Oath taking ceremony were also organized, which was presided over by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam, Shri. SJT. Sarbanad Sonowal. The experiences were shared by policy makers, bureaucrats, technocrats, academicians, industrialists, youths and farmers on crucial issues highlighted under each session. Around 500 delegates participated in the convention representing all the stakeholders. After detailed deliberations on thematic following recommendations emerged as below: 1. AIASA, an agricultural organization, plays pivotal role in retaining the youth in different agricultural sectors aiming at National integration, patriotism and special status to agriculture for youth employment. AIASA provides a link between different organizations and the students, for exploration of new areas of research, education and extension. It emphasizes