Valmi MGMT educating farmers on water | Hubli News – Times of India

Dharwad: While unbridled urbanization has reduced the fertility of the soil along with shrinking agricultural land, on the other hand, climate change like flash floods and droughts have added to the distress of the farming community. In such a situation, Institute of Water and Land Management ,Valmi) In Dharwad Apart from educating people about the need to conserve water resources, it is leading a revolution towards ensuring optimum use of water resources, though inseparably.
The growing perception of agriculture becoming an unviable enterprise is triggering waves of migration from villages, stalling urban centers across the country. Established over three decades ago to empower farmers and educate them about irrigation and land use, Valmi has been continuously helping those engaged in agriculture to meet new challenges. Valmi, with even more resources today, continues to engage with farmers to help improve their fortunes.
Valmi has been working round the clock with the mantra of ‘Knowledge is Power’, conducting workshops for farmers and public besides engineers and personnel in minor irrigation, water resources, and rural development and panchayat raj departments. operated by Rajendra PoddariValmi has conducted 12,000 capacity building workshops involving experts from across the country. At a time when digital is the new word, Valmi is offering satellite programs to reach out to the masses.
Poddar said, since the Valmi center is in Dharwad, farmers from southern districts of Karnataka find it difficult to attend workshops in person, which require satellite training programmes. “As many as 3,000 stakeholders can participate in these virtual workshops,” said the Valmi chief.
Poddar pointed to the agricultural land, water resources, irrigation technology and favorable climate for growing a variety of crops in North Karnataka saying, “Despite ready availability of resources, farmers of the region suffer from lack of information about water. are handicapped. and soil management, are unable to get a good crop. This inspired us to start programs to educate farmers. We have started training them in dairy farming.”