82nd annual conference of The Indian Society of Agricultural Economics organised
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 10 2022:
The 3-day 82nd Annual Conference of The Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE) ,Mumbai is being held at the College of Agriculture (CoA), Central Agricultural University (CAU) Iroisemba.
The conference is held under the Chief Patron of Dr Anupam Mishra, Vice Chancellor, CAU, Imphal; Patrons: Dr Dinesh Kumar Marothia, President, ISAE & Dr C.L.Dadhich Honorary Secretary, ISAE; Dr Suresh Pal, former Director, ICAR-NIAP, said a press note by CoA, CAU, Imphal.
Dr S Basanta Singh, Director of Instruction, CAU, Imphal is the organising secretary while Professor Indira Sarangthem, Dean, College of Agriculture, Iroisemba as the convenor.
The conference has four themes namely (i) Sustainable Agricultural Growth Diversification and Farm Income (ii) Gender Equality and Resilient Agriculture (iii) Innovations, Access to Technology and Competitiveness of Markets and (iv) Wetlands, Climate Change and Livelihoods in the North Eastern Hill Region (NEHR) and is held in hybrid mode.
More than 150 participants including eminent agricultural economists, scientists, faculties, students, farmers, policy planners, officials of Government organization and representatives of NGOs from different parts of the country are participating in the conference.
It is believed that the recommendations from this conference on innovative ideas for sustainable agricultural growth, enhancing farmers income and resilience in agricultural policies and programmes will help to usher in socio economic development of the northeastern region.