{"id":2089,"date":"2021-02-09T03:38:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T03:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2023-02-13T07:47:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T07:47:49","slug":"centre-of-excellence-for-conservation-agriculture-to-scale-up-casi-in-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/latest-news\/2021\/02\/09\/centre-of-excellence-for-conservation-agriculture-to-scale-up-casi-in-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre of Excellence for Conservation Agriculture to scale up CASI in West Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2089\" class=\"elementor elementor-2089\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ea08c97 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ea08c97\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f5e4f95\" data-id=\"4f5e4f95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-614ebbce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"614ebbce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fbe5bb8\" data-id=\"1fbe5bb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd2c9be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd2c9be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">The Government of West Bengal are increasingly embracing Conservation Agriculture as promoted through the DFAT and ACIAR-funded SRFSI project. From providing support to small and marginal farmers to purchase small farm implements, as well as rural entrepreneurs to set up Custom Hiring Centres (CHC) for farm machinery, the government policies have been updated with measures that promote the use of CA based practices in CHCs. With strong evidence and encouragement from SRFSI partners Uttar Bangla Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (UBKV) and the Department of Agriculture in West Bengal, CA machinery and equipment have been made a compulsory part of the CHCs.<\/p><p class=\"\">The use of CASI technologies is expanding every year in West Bengal, and insufficient hands-on training on CASI machineries will hinder the growth of this technology. Realizing the immediate need for skilled human resources at all levels of implementation of CASI technologies for extension functionaries, service providers, CHCs or implement hubs, farmers (especially, farm women and rural youth), a Centre of Excellence for Conservation Agriculture (CECA) is being established at UBKV.<\/p><p class=\"\">CECA is being constructed with a broader vision to establish Agri-entrepreneurs, and will build comprehensive training packages with interactive course materials for a range of stakeholders. Construction of CECA started in December 2020, with the target to be completed by March 2021.<\/p><p class=\"\">Involving researchers, agricultural officers, farmer producer companies and service providers, CECA though UBKV will specifically focus on capacity building by providing training to stakeholders on CASI, spreading awareness of CASI technologies, building trained human resources and imparting business advocacy.<\/p><p class=\"\">The construction of CECA is yet another step to promote the growth of CASI. Such scaling activities highlight the more than 100,000 farmers in West Bengal now using CASI based practices each year, and acknowledge that this is just the beginning of a long lasting legacy from the SDIP investment in India.<\/p><p class=\"\">For more information, please contact Professor Apurba Chowdhury (<a href=\"mailto:apurba.patho@gmail.com\">apurba.patho@gmail.com<\/a>) or Dr Brendan Brown (b.brown@cgiar.org).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-55bb89a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55bb89a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dc0c5af\" data-id=\"1dc0c5af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c58620a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c58620a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1379\" height=\"1034\" src=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CECAconstruction.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2851\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CECAconstruction.jpeg 1379w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CECAconstruction-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CECAconstruction-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/CECAconstruction-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1379px) 100vw, 1379px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ongoing construction of CECA at UBKV (Photo Credit: Prof. Apurba Chowdhury)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of West Bengal are increasingly embracing Conservation Agriculture as promoted through the DFAT and ACIAR-funded SRFSI project. From providing support to small and marginal farmers to purchase small farm implements, as well as rural entrepreneurs to set up Custom Hiring Centres (CHC) for farm machinery, the government policies have been updated with measures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4053,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions\/4053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.aciar.gov.au\/sdip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}