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Role of KVKs in Jammu & Kashmir under the Plant Protection Act 2001 Nazia Fayaz Azad; Fareed Ahmed Rafiqi; Bilal Ahmad Bhat
JUSTICES: Journal of Law Vol. 3 No. 4 (2024): Progressive and Critical Law Review
Publisher : Perkumpulan Dosen Fakultas Agama Islam Indramayu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58355/justices.v3i4.133

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The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Act,2001 is the culmination of legislative action undertaken by India to give effect to the TRIPS Agreement under the aegis of the WTO regime.  This enactment is applicable in the whole of India including the state of J&K. Like in the rest of India the Ministry of Agriculture implements it through its nodal agencies known as Krishi Vigyan Kendras. This paper shall enumerate the Origin, Genesis, and mandate of  Krishi Vigyan Kendras working under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture. It will define the role of KVKs and how farmers benefit from the schemes formulated therein. It shall illuminate the potential contribution of KVK in Kashmir Valley as an implementation machinery under the PPVFR Act 2001 and as an allied department of SKUAST-K. Needless to mention here KVKs play an important role in providing assistance and training to farmers in the shape of OFT [on-farm trials] and FLDs [front-line demonstrations] to enhance the quality of the farmer’s variety.
The Prevention and Control of Pests through Plant Quarantine in India with Special Reference to J&K: Problems and Perspectives Bilal Ahmad Bhat; Fareed Ahmed Rafiqi; Nazia Fayaz; Hina Basharat
ENGAGEMENT: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): Community Empowerment and Services
Publisher : Perkumpulan Dosen Fakultas Agama Islam Indramayu

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58355/engagement.v4i1.138

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The idea of prevention and control of pests and insects injurious to agricultural production, storage and growth existed prior to the independence. There was a need to update the law in this direction which lead to the passing of Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment) Act 1992. It was further reinforced by The Plant Quarantine Order, 2003, which puts restrictions on import of plants or plant material unless permitted by the Plant Protection Adviser (PPA) based on the international standards. Quarantine specifically provided for a legal restriction on movement of agricultural commodities for the purpose of exclusion, prevention or delay in the establishment of plants, disease or parasites in the area where they are not present. So a new pest, after arrival and establishment, can rapidly develop into destructive proportions. Plant pest epidemics could result in the loss of agricultural produce. This may adversely affect the food production or an existing export trade. In J&k the apple, saffron, paddy and other agro-products have been badly affected by the import of insecticides, pesticides and  foreign imported plants , so the need for quarantine becomes all the more important.  The research institutions are developing techniques of new varieties of plants and seeds to supplement the fragile biosphere of the territory but the potential threat to spread disease is there. In this paper an attempt is made to assess and evaluate the mechanism of quarantine to safeguard the flora and fauna of the territory.