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Agricultural Channel to be launched
New Delhi: July 17, 2003

An agricultural channel will be launched before the 2nd of October this year. This was announced by the Agriculture Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh while giving away ICAR Awards for the year 2002 here yesterday evening. Shri Rajnath Singh expressed the hope that the proposed channel would play a significant role in providing information about the latest scientific achievements to farmers. The Minister called for better co-operation between agricultural scientists and farmers to take the results of agricultural research to the field. Stressing the need to improve the economic condition of farmers, he pointed out that farmers constitute the biggest group of producers and consumers in the country. Improvement in their condition is essential to bring about all round development. In the context of WTO, the Agriculture Minister called for making agricultural products internationally competitive from the point of view of quality as well as prices.

This year, 33 scientists and their 9 associates, 4 extension workers, 2 innovative farmers, 2 journalists and 3 institutions were awarded for their outstanding performance. Among the 44 awards, 25 went to ICAR institutes, 12 to the State Agricultural Universities and 7 to other institutions and individuals. About 25 per cent of the awards went to women scientists.

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