Extension

Department conducts training programs to famer groups approaching through different State Govt. organizations, ATMAs NGOs and farmers promoted by Village Panchayats. Apart from this, department trains the Master Trainers from State Deptt. of Agriculture and other related departments also imparts training to students.

1. Area of imparting training

@ Principles and practices of organic agriculture and natural farming

@ Preparation and utilization of different types of organic composts, liquid manures and natural farming inputs from locally available biomass

@ Management of insect-pests and disease in organic/natural cropping systems

@ Protected nursery raising for organic cultivation of vegetables

@ Internal Control System/ Participating Guarantee System for organic certification

@ Graduate, post graduate and doctoral students from college of agriculture and other colleges of the university are provided research guidance by the scientists of the department.

2. Achievements

@ Under the Niche Area of Excellence programme (2006-17) 7509 stakeholders (students, farmers, agriculture officers, faculty, NGOs etc.) were trained on various aspects of organic agriculture through one hundred & twenty four (124) on and off campus trainings. In addition, fifty six (56) field demonstrations on organic management of crops were conducted on the farmers field in district Kangra, Hamirpur and Bilaspur of H.P.

@ Two villages viz. Bhadrog in Bilaspur district and Balduhak in Hamirpur district have been adopted for taking the activities in a big way for conversion of farmers from inorganic to organic agriculture. As a result, the farmers of the adjoining villages have also started showing interest in organic farming.

@ Practical training course on organic farming is being offered by the department to the B.Sc Agriculture students under the ELP programme

@ Model Training Course on Organic farming to the 20 Scientists & Agriculture Officers from 8 states w.e.f. 12-19 Oct. 2015 and Oct. 2018

@ Audio CD on“Organic Farming”in Hindicovering all the aspects on organic agriculture for he stakeholders was prepared and releases in March 2016 was organized

@ E-literature CD -- Model Training Course on“Eco-friendly-Organic Agriculture”sponsored by Ministry of Agriculture, GOI in October 2015 was prepared

3. Department participated in the following events

@ Organic Trade Fair & Food Festival at Shimla organized by State Deptt. of Agriculture every year

@ BIOFACH INDIA with INDIA ORGANIC An International Trade Fair on Organic Products organized by ICCOA from time to time

@ Kisan Melas as and when organized by DEE, CSKHPKV Palampur

@ Faculty delivered more than 11 Radio and 7 TV talks

@ The work done by the faculty on organic farming has also been recognized at the National and International levels on different platforms

Front-line demonstrations conducted

Sr. No.	Name of technology disseminated	No. of beneficiaries
1.	Transfer of technology was carried out in the form of raising demonstrations on Organic cultivation of Pea on about 6 ha area on farmers’ field in Pin valley in village Sagnam and of different choice based agroforestry systems on farmers’ fields through peoples’ participation approach	25
2.	Raised demonstration trials on Onion on farmers’ fields in village Mollichak, Banuri Palampur	5
3.	Farmers’ field trials on buckwheat at Nichar area of Distt. Kinnaur, Amaranthus at Diyar area of Distt. Kullu and Chenopodium and Amaranthus at Naanj and Kelodhar area of Distt. Mandi through participatory plant breeding	40
4.	Buckwheat trials under AICRN conducted at Kalpa, Distt. Kinnaur	5
5.	Pea seed was distributed for raising demonstrations at Sagnam, Sichling and Hurling village, Spiti valley under the ICAR, TSP project	35

Workshop/seminar/training organized

Sr. No.	Topic	Duration	Sponsoring Agency
1.	Curtain Raiser of “International Year of Millets 2023” under the Nutri-cereals Multi-stakeholder Mega Convention, and Poshan Vatika& Tree Plantation Campaign was conducted at CSKHPKV, Palampur on 17^th September 2021, in which 138 participants including farmer (60) and girls (78) were present	One day	Department of Organic Agriculture & Natural Farming, CSKHPKV, Palampur
2.	Five type of fruit plants (100 No.) were distributed among the farmers & girls	One day
3.	Field days at Sangla & Lari under the project AICRN on Potential Crops (TSP) in which 200 farmers participated	Two days	ICAR, New Delhi
4.	Training programme on Organic & Natural Farming under the TSP project for 25 farmers in Hurling village, Distt. Lahaul & Spiti	One day	TSP, ICAR New Delhi
5.	Training programme on “Popularization of potential crops (Amaranth, Buckwheat and Chenopod) of North Western Himalayas as vegetable and seed under organic and natural farming conditions through participatory plant breeding” at Gram Panchayat Naanj and Gram Panchayat Kelodhar in Karsog valley, Distt. Mandi on 22^{nd -}23^rd December 2021	Two days	State Adhoc. JICA, Shimla
6.	One day training programme to the SC farmers of Maulichak under AICRP on Agroforestry on 25^th March 2022	one day	AICRP on Agroforestry New Delhi
7.	Two days training programme under the JICA project “Popularization of potential crops (Amaranth, Buckwheat and Chenopod) of North Western Himalayas as vegetable and seed under organic and natural farming conditions through participatory plant breeding” for 100 farmers on 28-29^th March 2022 at Garsa and Sainj valley, Distt. Kullu	Two days	State Adhoc. JICA, Shimla
8.	Field days on ‘Organic and natural farming’ under ICAR, TSP project on 12^th-13^th April 2022	Two days	TSP, ICAR New Delhi
9.	Training programme on ‘Importance of potential crops (Amaranth and Buckwheat)’ under ICAR, AICRN project on 15^th - 16^th April 2022	Two days	ICAR, AICRN New Delhi
10.	Virtual Lecture Series on ‘Scope, importance & challenges of Organic & Natural Farming in India’ organized by Department of Organic Agriculture & Natural Farming, CSK HPKV, Palampur on 6^th June 2022	One day	Organic Agricultural Society of India (OASI)
11.	Field day on Organic Farming on 24^th July 2022 at Diora, Distt. Chamba and 25^th July 2022 on Himgiri, Distt. Chamba for 200 participants	Two days	TSP, ICAR New Delhi
12.	A Plantation Drive of planting 300 trees viz. Shahtoot- (Morus alba), Kachnaar- (Bauhinia variegata), Aonla - (Phyllanthus emblica), Harad - (Terminalia chebula) and Bheda- (Terminalia bellirica) at ZBNF Centre of this department by Dr. Janardan Singh, HOD on 22^nd July 2022. During the drive Dr. Mandeep Sharma, Dean COVAS was the Chief guest and Dr. Pardeep Kumar, Dean, CUHP, Dharamshala was the guest of honour, where in 100 students from COA and 10 faculty members were also present	One day	Department of Organic Agriculture & Natural Farming

TV Talks

A documentary “Natural farming a ground report” on Natural Farming by Kisan Vishesh team of Doordarshan Kisan on 2^nd November, 2022 at 7.00 PM.

Consultancy

Department is providing consultancy on cultivation practices of different crops viz. cereals, pulses, oilseeds and vegetables under organic and natural farming system w.r.t. different agro-climatic zones of the state to various organizations, NGOs and farmers within and outside the state.

Linkages & Collaborations

International

International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture, Bangalore
International Federation of Organic Farming Movements, (IFOAM) Germany

National

National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF), Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Govt. of India, Ghaziabad, U.P.
Institute of Organic Farming, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka)
Directorate of Horticulture, Shilong, Meghalaya.
Maharashtra Organic Farming Federation (MOFF) 9, Sunrise Senapati Bapat Marg,Pune-16
Rural Resource and Training Centre (RRTC) Umrah, Umsning, Ri Bhoi District Meghalaya.
Central Institute of Horticulture DAC, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, Medziaphema, Nagaland
One Cert Asia Agri Certification (P) Ltd.H-08, Mansarovar Industrial Area, Mansarovar, Jaipur - 302020 (Rajasthan)
Kittu Exports, No. 14, Sewa Nagar Market, New Delhi-110003

State

Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (H.P)