Excelsior Correspondent
GUJARAT, Oct 18: Dr. Vivak M. Arya, soil scientist & Dr G K Rai, plant biochemist working in SKUAST-J has been awarded with prestigious SCSI gold medal and leadership award by the prestigious Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi in 31st National Conference held at Navsari Agriculture University, Gujarat on account of their contribution in the area of climate change, soil conservation, plant and soil health management.
The Soil Conservation Society of India is a very old society registered in 1952 and is comprised of more than 3000 active members of high repute and excellence. The award contains a gold medal, memento and excellence certificates which were presented by Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi to both the scientists. The award was given to Dr. Arya on his work related to nitrogen management through LCC a climate smart agriculture tools. Dr.Arya popularized the real time nitrogen management through LCC (leaf colour chart) in J&K which had reduced the losses of nitrogen & checked the nitrate pollution.
The LCC distributed by SKUAST-J are very popular among the farming community. Dr. Arya had adopted various scientific interventions on pilot basis for revival of village ponds in lower Shivaliks of Jammu region. His research regarding usage of resource conservation techniques (RCT’s) is widely adopted for reducing the sediment yield and nutrient loss in Shivalik.
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