MERA GAON, MERA GAURAV PROGRAMME: ICAR

MERA GAON, MERA GAURAV PROGRAMME: ICAR

Context

Recently, under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)s initiative ‘Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav’, a cleanliness drive was carried out in few villages of Goa

Details about Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav’

Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav is the national innovative initiative of ICAR is operational in many villages in the jurisdiction of Agriculture University Jodhpur.

The objective of this scheme are:

• To provide farmers with required information, knowledge and advisories on regular basis by adopting villages.
• To promote the direct interface of scientists with the farmers to hasten the lab to land process.
• To ensure that farmers benefit from best farm practices by providing required information, knowledge and advisories on regular basis by adopting villages
• To create awareness among farmers about the organisations and their programmes and schemes as well as government policies related to the farming sector.

Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav has enriched the farmers with the latest technology and had made them adopt the latest improved technologies in form of interventions and has increased production which has definitely improved the Economical and Social Status of the farmers.