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EDUCATE: EMPOWER: EMPLOY


                                 Famous Scientist Louis Pasteur quoted long ago there are science and the applications of science, linked together as a fruit
                                 to the tree that has borne it. But in due course of scientic evolution we have classied our scientic research into basic
                                 science and applied science. Most of basic science people hail from academic institute and they have conned their research
                                 up to patent and publications only. On the other hand applied research is breaking the scientic territories and innovation
                                 is coming from multidisciplinary approach of smart people. In common term we call them as entrepreneurs now days. As a
                                 matter of fact now people are calling these basic and applied sciences as bad and good science respectively.   Rather than
                                 calling bad science (basic science) I would say it as cosmetic science. In recent time funding issue for scientic R&D
                                 purpose is matter of debate across world. Recently I have been invited for talk at Jerusalem in Israel. This event was
                                 organised by The Israel Young Academy on the topic of Science and Society: Challenges and Prospectus, basically it was
                                 meeting of the Asian Young academies and more than 20 countries scientist attended this event. I delivered talk on “next
                                 generation scientist needs entrepreneurship skills” on which all scientic community was unanimously agreed and felt it’s
                                 need of hour. But at the shame time we should not ignore the importance of basic science and government should make
                                 balance while funding research project. In India once scientic technology invented then we face another problem in
                                 technology transfer i.e. extension. Extension service or in functional terms taking scientic knowledge to the farmers farms
                                 for better yield and productivity, is in a state of ux in India despite more than 60 years of institutional efforts to do so.

         Dr. Akhilesh Kumar      India’s  scientic  human  resource  and  extension  infrastructure  are  in  no  way  small.  “More  than  50,000  dedicated
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                                 agriculture scientists are working to address eld level problems and to evolve technological solutions. However, all the
                                 technologies developed by these scientists have not always reached all the farmers. In addition, there are many technologies
                                 and practices developed by individuals and corporate bodies in the private sector, “assessed by the government committee.
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                                 In addition, there are more than 1000 institutions, universities and colleges that impact agriculture education and conduct
                                 research on how to make agriculture productive. The Indian council of Agriculture Research itself has over 100 centres and
                                 institutes; there are 74 state agriculture universities. According to estimates, there are 120,000 extension functionaries
                                 under the government supposedly working in all the districts of India. This is probably why Indian Prime Minister gave a
                                 stern warning to the top scientic ofcials when he told them to “break silos” and to make science relevant to people’s needs.
                                 Modern horticulture technologies like hydroponics, soil less cultivation, aeroponics and greenhouse technologies requires
                                 precise micro climate management and fertigation with real time monitoring by extension ofcers then only we can achieve
                                 our desired goal towards doubling the farmer income by 2022. India’s green revolution has been a success due to greater
                                 focus on the agriculture extension service. Thus our policy maker should think and work on two aspects; rst more research
                                 grant for applied research and second, how to strengthen our agriculture extension services. Best example is genetic
                                 modied crops research grant, if government is not allowing it to grow then what is need of funding such research since last
                                 two decades. In this issue we are focussing on potato, how farmers are facing glut problem and other hand government
                                 initiative  to  cope  up  with  glut  problem.  We  would  be  happy  to  get  your  feedback  about  this  issue  at
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