Ranchi: The officials of Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS) will give a presentation at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in New Delhi. The team has to make a presentation on technologies for sustainable farming in the state; they will also showcase the land management system in upland areas being used in Jharkhand.
The topic on which the presentation has to be delivered is “weather based localized planning and implementation, need of the hour.” Participants from 55 countries across the globe will join the convention. Bhujendra Baski, State Project Director (SPD) of JTDS said, "The focus of the convention is large scale poverty reduction keeping in mind the climate change. When we got to know about the convention we prepared a proposal on the work being done by us in Jharkhand and sent it to the UN and it was selected."
JTDS will get a time for one hour to showcase their work which will include 30 minutes of presentation, four minutes of video showing the response of beneficiaries and the remaining time open for a question answer session."It is a proud moment for us and also the government as the work of an agency under it has been acknowledged by the UN. This will help the State get recognition on international level," Baski said. At present, JTDS has implemented various sustainable farming programme at around 68,000 acres of land across the State which has directly impacted the lives of 2.15 lakh people.
The direct seeded rice (DSR) technique reduces the overall plantation duration by around a month. Usually when planting paddy, farmers just throw around seeds and when the sapling grows, they are pulled out and then replanted in a row. This makes plantation a time taking process also leads to sapling into a transplantation shock, recovering from which takes at least 15 days.
