He emphasized the three pronged functions of the Viswavidyalaya. Prof. M. G. Som, Former Vice-Chancellor, BCKV and special guest expressed his satisfaction over the holding of Udyan Mela which basically serves the purpose of imparting training through demonstration. He also stressed on close tie up between Viswavidyalaya and Department of FPI and Horticulture for all round development of Horticulture in the state. Prof. T. K. Bose, renowned horticulturist and special guest stressed on sustainable agriculture for livelihood security of rural households. Prof. Biswapati Mandal, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, BCKV emphasized on the development of Horticulture for successful diversification in agriculture towards income generation in rural sector. Dr. P. K. Pramanik, Director of Horticulture, Govt. of West Bengal highlighted different developmental activities of the department viz., Vegetable initiative, Nutritional security, Protected cultivation of vegetables and flowers, Multipurpose cold storage, etc.

The chief guest, Shri Subrata Saha, Minister-In-Charge, Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture, Govt. of West Bengal in his speech stressed the need for agricultural and horticultural development for over all development of the state. He highlighted the immediate need for conservation of genetic resources of

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Visit of Standing Committee on Agriculture, Agril. Marketing & Fisheries, West Bengal State Legislative

thAssembly on 29 January, 2013.

Standing Committee Members present in the team-

1. Sri. Banamali Hazra, Chairman2. Sri. Gadadhar Hazra, Member3. Sri. Samir Jana, Member4. Sri. Samir Panja, Member5. Sri. Sahajahan Choudhuri, Member

Honourable members of the Standing Committee visited University farm (Horticulture Research Station and Teaching Farm, Banana Resource Centre, Mondouri), Apeda Laboratory and Farm Machinery Centre at Agril. Engineering Faculty of BCKV. Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Biswapati Mandal made a presentation highlighting the pros and cons of BCKV to the Standing Committee at Lake Hall in the afternoon session.

The chairman of the standing Committee recommends that the technology generated and the promising varieties released by the University should be disseminated among the farmers' of West Bengal with the active participation of the present Government. Prof. C. Kole, VC, made a remarks that it is possible to reach the farmers with all latest technology with an active participation of the state Government.

Standing committee appreciated the following Research Achievements:

A. Variety release 1. Vegetable crops

i. Vegetable cowpea: Bidhan Barbati-1, Bidhan Barbati-2

ii. Tomato hybrid (BCTH-4, BCTH-62)iii. Varieties under pipeline for release (Three

varieties each of pointed gourd (BCPG-3, BCPG-4, BCPG-5); two varieties each of Chilli (BCC-1, BCCH Sl-4) and Brinjal (BCB-11, BCB-30); one variety each of vegetable Cowpea (BCCP-3) and Dolichos bean (BCDB-1)

2. Tuber crops other than potato1. Elephant foot yam (Bidhan Kusum)2. Sweet potato (Bidhan Jagannath, Kamala

Sumdari)3. Swamp taro (Bidhan Latika)4.Taro (Bidhan Chaitanya, Bidhan Joydev)

3. Plantation crops1. Coconut: Kalyani Coconut- 1, Kalpa Mitra

B. Technology generationCrop improvement technology in rice, wheat, oil

seeds, pulses, forage crops, horticultural crops, soil test basis nutrient management, crop protection in new dimension, micro-propagation in banana, micro-irrigation in horticulral crops, maintenance of progeny orchards, value addition in horticultural crops, bio-control of weeds, medicinal plants and herbs, tea research in plains, legume based agro-forestry in red and laterite zone, conservation agriculture technology in rice (SRI, drum seeding) and wheat (zero tillage), utera cropping in oilseeds and pulses

C. Seed production and quality planting materialsUniversity has taken a big initiative for

producing good seed and quality planting materials for a large number of crops viz. rice, oil seeds, pulses, elephant foot yam, sweet potato, mango, litchi, cashew, sweet orange, palm, arecanut, foliage plants, seasonal flower plants. vegetable seed production of brinjal, tomato, cauliflower, cucurbits, onion through seed village technique.

Report on Udyan Mela

It needs no further mentioning that skill development through training -cum- demonstration to empower the farming community for different modern horticultural practices is mandatory to enhance technology adoption. In this direction, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya

thorganized “Udyan Mela (Horticulture Fair) from 18-20 February, 2013 in the Viswavidyalaya at Mohanpur.

The inaugural programme was held at the Seminar Hall of the Faculty of Horticulture on 18.02. 2013. In this inaugural programme Shri Subrata Saha, Minister-In-Charge, Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture, Govt. of West Bengal was the Chief Guest and Prof. Chittaranjan Kole, Vice-Chancellor, BCKV presided over the function.

Prof. P. Hazra, Dean, Faculty of Horticulture and Organizing President of Udyan Mela welcomed the guests and highlighted the perspective of Udyan Mela.

Inaugural programme

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Professor Dr. Gilberto Jose de Moraes of Escola Superior Agricultura Luiz de Queroz (ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil and Professor Dr. Antonio Carlos Busoli, UNESP, Jaboticabal, Brazil visited University during 11th to 22nd March, 2013. Dr. Krishna Karmakar, Associate Professor of AINP on Acarology was instrumental for this visit and during their visit they delivered lectures in the Training-Cum-Interactive Programme on "Taxonomy and Management of Plant Mites of Economic Importance" organized by Directorate of Research on 13th and 14th March 2013. The series of lectures were made in the modern seminar room of the Central Library and it was inaugurated by Prof. C. Kole, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor. In his inaugural talk Prof. Kole stressed upon collaborative research effort between India and Brazil. Prof. Moraes and Prof. Busoli visited Citrus Research Station Kalimpong, West Bengal on 16th March and discussed about the citrus diseases and infestation of Brevipalpus spp. with the In-Charge of the station Dr. Amalendu Ghosh. They also visited Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata on 20th March to examine the type specimens of some Phytoseiidae and Ascidae and discussed regarding the specimens with Dr. Asok Kumar Sanyal, Emeritus Scientist, ZSI, Kolkata. Their visit was very much successful. Both the nations will be benefited and enriched in the field of Acarology by initiating India-Brazil collaborative research project on Acarology in BCKV.

Dr. Krishna Karmakar, Assoc. Prof. of AINP on Acarology visited UNESP, Jaboticabal Campus and ESALQ-USP-Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil during 12th April to 21st June, 2012 for accomplishing research, teaching and training in the discipline of Acarology under supervision of Professor Dr. Moraes of ESALQ, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil and Professor Dr. Busoli, UNESP.

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Unveiling of the Directory of Faculty of Horticulture

Participants in the Horticulture Fair

Interaction between Farmers-Scientists

During the inaugural programme, “Horticulture Faculty Directory”, a comprehensive compilation of the contact information of all the staff members of Faculty of Horticulture, key persons of the Viswavidyalaya, different organizations of both state and Central Governments was unveiled by Prof. Chittaranjan Kole, Vice-Chancellor, BCKV.

This Horticulture fair was organised through installation of 30 stalls in a sprawling area adjacent to Faculty of Horticulture. In this Horticulture fair, 6 Governmental organizations (Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture, Government of West Bengal;

National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development, Govt. of India; Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), Govt. of India; State Bank of India, Kalyani branch and United Bank of India, BCKVV Branch), 15 private business and corporate houses ( U P L G r o u p o f Companies;

Syngenta India Limited; I n d o f i l I n d u s t r i e s Limited; M/S Pallishree Limited; Texus, Farm and Garden Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; Noble Seeds Private Limited; Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd.; Maharudra Seeds Pvt. Ltd.; Bharat Nursery Pvt. Ltd.; Shanti Agri-Horti Pvt. Ltd.; Aerotech Engineering works; North Bengal Floritech; M/S Rabiyal Hossain and M/S Biswakarma Furniture) and 4 Co-operative Societies (Narapatipara, Bhabanipur, Chapra-Dhantala and Radhanagar) participated through rendering to financial assistance and displaying of their product and services in the respective stalls. Apart from these, separate stalls were erected from the University side by the Faculty of Horticulture, Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Directorate of Extension Education, All India Coordinated Project on Vegetable Crops, Tuber Crops, Sub Tropical Fruits, Tropical Fruits, Floriculture and MAP & Betel vine.

Training and awareness was imparted to 500 farmers from Nadia, 24 Parganas (North), Hoogly, Howrah and Murshidabad districts in three days through interaction between farmers and panel of scientists of the Viswavidyalaya. Both farmers and scientists expressed their satisfaction in this teaching-learning process.

National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India;

Reliance Industr ies L imi ted, P o l y m e r S e c t o r ;

Interaction between Farmers-Corporate sectors

Horticulture show

A two-hour slot was allotted to the corporate

sectors to interact with the farmers through lectures and audio-visuals regarding their products and services. The farming community showed keen interest for the new product and modern technologies.

This competitive “Horticulture show” was the focal point of attraction of this Horticulture fair. A number of vegetables, fruits, flowers and processed products were displayed by more than 100 farmers of mainly Nadia and 24 Parganas districts. Altogether, 36 prizes were awarded as judged by the panel of experts from the Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya.

different horticultural crops, export of horticultural crops directly from the state, development of model organic farms in the districts, food processing industries particularly for mango, pineapple and tomato and awareness about composting technology. He emphasized the need for holding such Udyan Mela every year on a regular basis in the Viswavidyalaya.

Prof. Chittaranjan Kole, Vice-Chancellor, BCKV in the presidential address expressed his keen interest on Ho r t i c u l t u r e . He stressed on qualitative improvement in both teaching and research on Horticulture in the Viswavidyalaya. He also highlighted the need of holding Agriculture and Horticulture fair in the Viswavidyalaya to have a lively bridge between the farming community and Viswavidyalaya.

The inaugural programme ended with the vote of thanks given by Prof. Bhagbat Chandra Banik, Organizing Secretary of Udyan Mela.

The Udyan Mela was formally inaugurated by Shri Subrata Saha, Minister-In-Charge, Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture, Govt. of West Bengal in presence of Vice-Chancellor, all the guests and dignitaries.

During the inaugural programme, 12 former Professors of Faculty of Horticulture: Prof. T. K. Bose, Prof. R. G. Maity, Prof. S.C. Maity, Prof. S. K. Sen, Prof. M. G. Som, Prof. N. Roychoudhury, Prof. T.P. Mukhopadhyay, Prof. T.K. Chattopadhyay, Dr. B. Biswas, Prof. P. Ghanti, Prof. N.C. Paria and Prof. P. K. Chattopadhyay were felicitated by Shri Subrata Saha, Minister-In-Charge, Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture, Govt. of West Bengal on behalf of the organizing committee of Udyan Mela by presenting them flower bouquet and shawl.

During the inaugural programme, souvenir of the “Udyan Mela”, a compendium of 23 articles authored by the teachers o f bo th H o r t i c u l t u r e a n d Agriculture Faculties on modern Horticultural technologies in Bengali was unveiled by Shri Subrata Saha, Minister-

In-Charge, Department of food processing Industries and Horticulture, Govt. of West Bengal.

Felicitation of the former Professors of Faculty of Horticulture

Unveiling of the Souvenir of “Udyan Mela”

Scientists Exchange Programme