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Indian Council of Agricultural Research established Zonal Coordination Unit at Kanpur in 1979 to monitor Transfer of Technology projects. The Zonal Coordination Unit was upgraded as Zonal Project Directorate in March, 2009 and again elevated as ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur in 2015. Presently,ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur is engaged in planning, monitoring, reviewing and supporting ICAR initiated technology dissemination projects mainly Krishi Vigyan Kendras in Uttar Pradesh.
The major functions of the ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur are: planning, monitoring and reviewing of KVK activities in the zone; to identify, prioritize and implement various activities related to technology integration and dissemination; coordinating with SAUs, ICAR institutes/organizations, line departments and voluntary organizations in the zone for implementation of KVK mandated activities; and facilitating financial and infrastructural support to KVKs for effective functioning.
Being the signatory of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG II), India is committed to be the global partner in ensuring zero hunger across the world. Further the operationalizationof zero hunger must start from the rural household level wherein the farm families may be ensured to overcome the issues of hunger by offsetting under-nutrition, malnutrition and over-nutrition. In this direction, this ATARI has mooted the action research through KVKs for establishing the ‘Hunger-free villages’ in the selected districts of Uttar Pradesh by intervening with popularizing the Bio-fortified crop varieties, fortification of available food basket and ensuring vitamins and minerals sufficiency by establishing the nutrition garden.
Integrating millets in the cropping system and food system of the household shall be another endeavour in this direction. And therefore, holding the recipe-contest of traditional millet based value added product is one such initiative taken by the KVKs of 25 districts of the state where different millets are cultivated in varied proportion. The above three pronged action may emanate desired goal over the time period of 3-4 years.
