Highlighting the importance of farming, the ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research (ICAR-IISR) conducted a seminar to create awareness about the opportunities and attractiveness of agriculture as a profession among the youth. The seminar intended to showcase agriculture as an attractive profession among the youth through technology adoption, enterprise diversification, and resource use planning, despite various challenges due to socio-economic factors, including profitability in agricultural pursuits.
The seminar was organised in connection with Swasraya Bharat - 2015 being jointly organised by the Swadeshi Science Movement Kerala (SSMK) and the ICAR- IISR. Homey Cheriyan, Director, Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development at IISR, inaugurated the seminar.
– Special Correspondent
