Mohan Bhagwat was speaking at the annual ‘convocation-cum-scientific conference’ jointly organized by the National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (India), New Delhi and Maharashtra University of Animal and Fisheries Sciences, Nagpur.
Mohan Bhagwat was speaking at the annual ‘convocation-cum-scientific conference’ jointly organized by the National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (India), New Delhi and Maharashtra University of Animal and Fisheries Sciences, Nagpur.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on June 20 emphasized the importance of organic and ancient methods of farming and said that it would be wrong to dismiss such local knowledge as unscientific without testing it.
He was speaking at the annual ‘convocation-cum-scientific conference’ jointly organized by National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (India), New Delhi and Maharashtra University of Animal and Fisheries Sciences, Nagpur.
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Purushottam Rupala, who was the guest of honour, along with Mr. Bhagwat and Minister of State Sunil Kedar, was presented an Honorary Fellowship at the event.
India’s farming and animal husbandry methods are the oldest, Shri Bhagwat said that modern science has side effects but our ancient knowledge and methods do not have side effects. He said, “The focus should be on flexibility in the use of research and local knowledge. It is wrong to reject local knowledge as unscientific. You can reject it after examining it, if it is not correct you can reject it.” are free to.” Celebration.
“Second, mechanized farming will not last long. Even today, 65% of the farmers cultivate small holdings and mechanized farming is not very beneficial for them. Due to fertilizers etc., he [farmer] Drowns in debt and then commits suicide. They should be taught sustainable agriculture which they can understand.”
He emphasized the “India-centric” method of farming, which could increase our GDP, adding that the country was the number one economy in the world by 1700 AD. “We had an agricultural economy at that time and industry and commerce were also related to agriculture. We would need an India-centric approach to achieve this. [increasing GDP],” They said.
The RSS chief said stability required public participation as the government was not rich enough to provide funds for all departments. He also spoke on the “language block” being faced by farmers, stating that most of the information on animal husbandry was in English.
“The new education policy includes the use of local language in technical subjects. We need to spread this knowledge in local languages,” said Mr. Bhagwat.