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Ex-armyman-turned-farmer gets national award

By Correspondent

ITANAGAR, March 26 - A progressive farmer from Ziro in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh has bagged a national award �IARI Innovative Farmer Award� at a function in New Delhi recently.

Tilling Tadi (65), also an ex-Army personnel from Ziro valley, has been honoured with the prestigious award on the concluding day of three-day National Agriculture Fair �Krishi Unnati� at Mela Ground of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in New Delhi on March 21.

The award include a certificate and a memento which was presented to him by Union Agriculture and Farmers� Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh in presence of Ministers of State for Agriculture and Farmers� Welfare Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and Mohanbhai Kundariya, among others.

A progressive farmer and a pioneer in rice-fish culture, Tadi shared his innovations and experiences in integrated rice-fish farming with the gathering, including farmers and scientists, attending the mela. He also conveyed his sincere thanks to senior scientists of ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, for nominating him for the national award and rendering constant support and encouragement for undertaking the scientific methods of fish culture in the State.

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