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The institute was set up in that year with the purpose of strengthening the agricultural extension system of the country, and it has since worked on building the capacity of extension functionaries, promoting new approaches in extension and helping entrepreneurship grow in agriculture.

Its Secretary, Smt Debashree Mukherjee, presented the Certificate of Recognition at a ceremony in Kaushal Bhawan at New Delhi, and the recognition is valid for three years.

The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management sits in that city and is an autonomous organisation working under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, set up to strengthen the agricultural extension system of the country.

The Minister said milk production in the State had risen by that proportion over the decade, from 1.37 lakh litres a day to 2.45 lakh litres a day, while the number of dairy cooperative societies had grown by 88 per cent, from 389 in 2014-15 to 733 in 2025-26, and…

Recalling a visit to Mangan, where local cattle give an average of about three litres of milk a day, the Minister announced that central funds would be sanctioned for a Centre of Excellence devoted to the conservation and development of the indigenous Siri breed, using advanced breeding technologies including IVF…

The initiative was launched at a programme of the Sikkim Milk Union in Gangtok, where the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying also inaugurated the Union's microbiology laboratory and the launch of Fodder Plus products made by farmer producer organisations.

Dr M. L. Jat proposed expanding the traditional four-part vision of food, feed, fodder and fuel by placing farmers at the centre, stressing that research and extension must translate into higher farm profitability and improved livelihoods rather than remaining confined to laboratories.

Dr M. L. Jat, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, congratulated the maize research community on production reaching about 55 million tonnes with sizeable productivity gains over the past decade, and then set out the next goal…

The first edition of the conference began at the JD Convention Centre in that city and runs from 2 to 4 November, drawing scientists, policymakers, agricultural institutions and industry to discuss maize research, productivity and value chain development.

The government has adopted a cluster-based approach for integrated development of the fisheries value chain, and this many production and processing clusters have been notified across the country, among them organic fisheries clusters in Sikkim and Meghalaya.

Sikkim has taken what the ministry called a pioneering step on market linkages by agreeing with the ITBP on institutional purchase of locally produced Rainbow Trout.

The projects inaugurated under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana include critical fisheries infrastructure such as hatcheries, feed mills and cold storage facilities, along with production technologies like Biofloc and the Recirculatory Aquaculture System, and are meant to strengthen links across the fisheries value chain.

The cluster rests on ecologically healthy fish farming that avoids harmful chemicals, antibiotics and pesticides, with special emphasis on Amur carp, Indian Major Carps and trout.

Under balanced nutrient management, the campaign promotes General Fertiliser Recommendations together with the 4R principle, which means applying fertiliser from the right source, at the right rate, at the right time and in the right place, so that the nutrient supply matches what the rabi crop needs.

The campaign reaches thirty four States and Union Territories, along with more than seven hundred districts and fifty thousand villages, and aims to touch about fifty lakh farmers through coordinated field activity.

That is the window for the rabi edition of the campaign, which carries soil health and sustainable agriculture as its subject and the tagline Swasth Dhara, Samriddh Kisan.

Sikkim recorded milk production of roughly 89.35 thousand metric tonnes during 2024-25, and per capita milk availability in the state worked out to around 352 grams per day, which is why Sikkim is described as having played a significant part in dairy development in the North Eastern Region.

A special project worth Rs 2,763.92 lakh has been sanctioned for the development and conservation of the indigenous Siri cattle breed in Sikkim, which comes on top of the Rs 7,093.99 lakh released for the state under the Rashtriya Gokul Mission since 2014.

Initiatives for the establishment of 57 new Dairy Cooperative Societies are being launched in Sikkim under White Revolution 2.0, and registration certificates are being given to five societies that have just been registered.

Projects and initiatives of this value are being inaugurated and launched in the Gangtok and Mangan districts of Sikkim to strengthen dairy development and livestock infrastructure, and they include a microbiology laboratory for the Sikkim Milk Union, new dairy cooperative societies, a traceability initiative for Churpi cheese and the promotion…