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Pioneer Farmers: Agri-sustainability through Farmer FIRST Approach

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Title Pioneer Farmers: Agri-sustainability through Farmer FIRST Approach
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Creator Das K S, Mondal S K, Begam A, Ror S K and Dep P
 
Subject Agricultural production, Farmer FIRST Programme, Pioneer farmer, sustainable production
 
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The 'Farmer FIRST Programme’ was a unique initiative of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) that
focussed on farmers’ Farm, Innovations, Resources, Science and Technology (FIRST) where farmers played
centric role for research problem identification, prioritization and conduct of experiments and its management
in field conditions. The major target groups were small and marginal farmers including women. The problems
of farmers related to agricultural production were discussed in details in farmer-scientist interface and those
problems were addressed with best suitable interventions covered under different modules. Organizing training
programmes/exposure visits for farmers to enrich technical knowledge; supplying superior quality germplasm
of various crops/livestock/poultry strains/fishes; using soil test-based fertilizers; managing nutrients through
leaf colour chart; practising line transplanting in paddy; using mulching for soil moisture conservation; using
poly house technology; adopting sprinkler/drip irrigation; using trellis system in horticultural crops production;
managing crops, livestock, poultry and fishes scientifically; selecting appropriate enterprises, establishing
marketing channels for agricultural produces were among the major interventions adopted under this programme. As a result, agricultural production was increased substantially under crop- and horticulture-based module
(both varied from 20-200%), natural resource management module (ranged between 12 and 100%), livestock
module (varied from 15-150%), enterprise-based module (ranged from 12-100%) and integrated farming
system-based module (ranged between 14 and 200%) which fetched higher income to the farmers than before
adopting interventions.
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Date 2023-07-24T04:16:10Z
2023-07-24T04:16:10Z
2023-02-23
 
Type Book
 
Identifier Das K S, Mondal S K, Begam A, Roy S K. and Dey P. 2023. Pioneer Farmers: Agri-sustainability through Farmer FIRST approach. Published by the Director, ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute Kolkata, West Bengal, India, pp: 1-70.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/80169
 
Language English
 
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Publisher The Director, ICAR-ATARI Kolkata