3rd Agri Leadership Summit at Rohtak

Haryana government organized 3^rd Agri Leadership Summit- 2018 at Rohtak from 24-26 March, 2018. The students of B.Sc. (Hons.) 1^st and 2^nd year visited the summit on 26/03/2018. There were many pandals related to irrigation system, fisheries, fertilizers, livestock, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana, etc. NIFTM (National institute of food technology entrepreneurship and management) stall were also there. Students visited almost all the stalls. A farmer from UP designed and fabricated a solar operated wheel hand hoe. One more farmer has developed brinjal variety (Long) through selection method which is yielding 3-4 times more than the existing varieties. One young farmer of Pehowa was demonstrating the easy growing of mushroom in polythene socks. One farmer from a village near Farukhnagar was demonstrating this technique of successful rearing of sweet water pearl (mollucs). Students also visited animal expo stall where different breeder bulls, male buffalo and horses were kept to demonstrate to the public. Breeder male buffalo like Rustom and Yuvraj were of great attraction. In addition to this, there was a display of latest innovations, technologies and farm machineries from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. Our students interacted in details regarding the technology developed at CCSHAU Hisar with the faculty of agriculture and showed their interest to adopt at their own farms.