Participation is crucial and difficult.

1. R.P. Singh, Assoc. Director Extension

2. Abundant Natural Resources
Era has gone for free harvesting for development
People raised standard of living on natural
resources

3. Development Vs Devastation

4. Sustainability
Sustainability = Productivity + Conservation of Resources

5. Technology and Development

6. R P Singh

7. Farmer’s Participation
Most crucial for every sustainable development
Most difficult task

8. Participation means-
 People become the stakeholder and decision maker.
 Agricultural development in different decade
RR RF
FR FF

9. Natural Resources Management
Process
 Educate and build awareness
 Promote sustainable farming and resource use
 Conserve and protect sensitive eco-systems
 Enhance regenerating capacity of natural resources
 Promote gender equity and participation
 Ensure indigenous and minority interests
 Networking and linkage support

10. Implementing Natural Resource
Management
 Selection of site and collaborators
 Capacity building
 Community visioning
 Understanding the situation
 Participatory planning
 Implementation- Collaborating group
 Participatory monitoring and evaluation
 Documentation

13. Easy to judge the errors of others.
-Difficult to recognize our own errors.

14. -Easy to hurt those whom we love.
-Difficult to heal those wounds.

15. -Easy to forgive others.
-Difficult to ask for forgiveness.

16. -Easy to exhibit victory.
-Difficult to assume defeat with dignity.

17. -Easy to dream every night.
-Difficult to fight for a dream.

18. -Difficult to find God in the smallest of things.

19. -Easy to say we love.
-Difficult to demonstrate it every day.

20. -Easy to criticize everybody.
-Difficult to better / perfect ourselves.

21. -Easy to think of improving.

22. -Easy to receive.

23. Innovations
Ekalavya – Ashgourd Variety by Shri A.S. Joy, Alappatt House, Post Puthanchira,
District Thrissur, Kerala (Mobile : 09447815652, e-mail : joyalapat2010@gmail.com)
Yellow Mosaic Res.

24. Innovative Sugarcane Cultivation
By Shri Jiblal Yadav Village Chehal, P.O Sarmatanr, Block Jainagar District Koderma, O
Illiterate farmer saves at least 2 weeks time for field preparations.

25. Aromatic Rice - Hansraj
 Description of innovation
Aromatic tall variety of rice has been developed from
mass selection by the farmer which has potential for
export as basmati rice. The variety is tolerant against
bacterial leaf blight. This variety is a purified landrace
of rice. It was selected on the basis of the uniformity in
plant type, height, flowering and seed shape and other
morphological characters. It takes 110 days for panicle
initiation. Grain is long, cylindrical with elongation
ratio of 1: 1.7. The grain width is medium and
decorticated grain shape is long, with medium amylase
content in endosperm.

26. Tilak Chandan-Rice Variety
It is a good aromatic variety with relatively harder stem, with brown
coloured tip of lemma with awns. It takes 100-105 days for panicle
initiation. Variety is good under organic farming condition.

27. Inderasan- Variety
Developed by Shri Inderasan Singh, a medium size rice suitable for irrigated
and unirrigated both.