Dhanuka Agritech honours
farmers with Dhanuka Innovative Agriculture Award (DIAA) - 2018
Hyderabad, 9th January
2020: Dhanuka Agritech
Limited, one of India’s leading agrochemical company, felicitated farmers at
the first edition of the Dhanuka Innovative Agriculture Award (DIAA). The award
ceremony and seminar was organized at the National Agricultural Science Complex
(NASC), C. Subramaniam Auditorium, New Delhi where Chief Guests were Mr. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,
Union Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Jal Shakti and Mr. Kailash Choudhary, Union Minister of State,
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare of Govt. of India.
On the occasion, 32 awards were given to
farmers in various categories for adopting and practising innovative farming
techniques. Twelve farmers received Innovative Farmers Award and
one farmer received ‘Farmer of the Year’ Award with
cash award of 1.00,000 for his outstanding contribution to
agriculture. Eight awards were given in the water and rainwater harvesting
categories to farmers and institutions, two awards were given for best working
innovative technology in agriculture to both KVK’s and agriculture universities
(national and state level). Also, four awards were given for innovation in
extension service to dealers and distributors.
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| Sri Kailash Choudhry, minister of state for agricluture, Sri Ashok Dalwai and Mr M. K Dhanuka MD Dhanuka Agritech presenting Dhanuka Farmer of the year award |
Nominations were invited in different categories
from individual or institutions who made outstanding contributions to Indian
Agriculture and increased their produce and income and as a model
example, we are also printing a booklet about success stories of these famers
so that other farmers also can learn from these successful examples. The Land,
Water and Environment wich we have got from our fore fathers we have to leave
better for our future generations.
Shri Kailash Choudhary, Union Minister of State,
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare of Govt. of India said, “ We
appreciate Dhanuka Agritech’s efforts of creating such platform which will
inspire farmers and motivate them towards innovative farming. All the farmers
should learn from them to become sole owner of their crops and the farmer
should be able to fix the price of his crop. Going forward our farmers should
be rich and should be in the position to give loan rather than taking it”.
Shri R.G. Agarwal, Chairman, Dhanuka Agritech
Limited said, “We have
instituted these awards to felicitate the innovative farming community.
Our effort is to encourage farmers and the agricultural community to share
their practices to enhance crop productivity and their income. There
are many awards in various categories but for farmers there are not many awards
and our Company took this initiative seeing the future need of Water & Food
Security”.
On the occasion Shri Ashok Dalwai, CEO, National
Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare,
Government of India said, “ Now we are thinking to secure that community who has made our
country food secure. We must emphasise on income security of farmer friends.
Unless they are secured our aim of food and nutrition security,feed and fodder
security and ecology security will not be fulfilled. All our knowledge,
science, policies needs to be reoriented to benefit them and we have the
capacity to do it. Green revolution must not be perceived negatively but we
should also take lessons from milk revolution of our country. After income
security, our next step would be to make farmers businessman who works for
profit which will be done though policy and other changes”.
The five-member jury consisted of eminent
agricultural scientists representing the National Agricultural Research System
who ensured independent evaluation of the winners. A total of 4,466
applications were received from all over the country, and 2,558 were accepted
for final review. Dhanuka Agritech also organized a roundtable on “How
agriculture can support in making India a $5 trillion economy’ in Delhi on 8th Jan,
2020 to highlight the role of agriculture in overall GDP growth.
Mr. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,
Union Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Jal Shakti and Mr. Kailash Choudhary, Union Minister of State,
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare of Govt. of India, inaugurated the discussion which brought
many thought-provoking insights. The session was attended by senior
officials/scientists and heads of the agrochemical industry, academicians,
technocrats, corporates, policymakers and farmers, media, scientists, students
of agricultural sciences. Total 32 Awards worth around Rs.22 lakhs were distributed
by bthe the Ministers to 32 farmers.
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