Taking a One Health Approach to HWC Mitigation with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research

13 May, 2022

A training session on `Taking a One Health Approach to Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation` was organised on 12 May 2022 at Indian Council of Agricultural Research - National Academy of Agricultural Research Management ICAR-NAARM Hyderabad for 15 senior officials including ADGs and Directors of the institutions under ICAR. This session was conducted as part of the Executive Development Program on Leadership Development being implemented at ICAR NAARM.

The participants were from the domains of agriculture, horticulture, agricultural engineering, veterinary and animal science with an average experience of 25 to 30 years in the National Agricultural Research and Education System of the country.

Dr Neeraj Khera, Team Leader Indo-German Project in HWC Mitigation provided the inputs and led the discussions.

The session resulted in concrete ideas towards increased forest-agriculture-veterinary cooperation on issues like the national dialogue on One Health, engagement of Krishi Vigyan Kendras for HWC mitigation awareness, integrating curriculum on HWC and One Health into the curriculum of undergraduate students of agriculture universities.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an apex body under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country, which has a vast network of 113 research institutes and 74 agricultural universities.

The ICAR recruits Research Management Positions at regular intervals and it is mandatory for newly recruited Research Managers to undergo Executive Development Programmes offered by National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM). The participants comprise Assistant Director Generals who operate at the Headquarters level and Directors/Joint Directors who operate at the institute level.

The major responsibilities of these research managers include human resource management, general administration and financial management, and providing leadership, apart from research management in order to achieve the vision and mission of their respective organisations.

Participating institutions: Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Bengaluru; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi; National Institute of Natural Fiber Engineering and Technology, Kolkata; National Institute of Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi; Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur; National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, New Delhi; Directorate of Foot Mouth Disease, Mukteswar; National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner; Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hisar; Directorate of Cold-Water Fisheries, Bhimtal; National Research Centre on Pomegranate, Sholapur; ICAR Headquarters, New Delhi; National Diary Research Institute, Karnal; ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Umiam, Meghalaya; Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad

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About the project

The Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation (HWC) project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and State Forest Departments of Karnataka, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. The project aims at providing technical support at the national level, and effective implementation of HWC mitigation measures in selected states of India. The project pilot sites are Haridwar Forest Division and adjoining landscape including Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand, Gorumara Wildlife Division in West Bengal, and Kodagu Forest Circle in Karnataka.

The main objective of the project is that the rural population in project areas, where agreed guidelines and tools are applied to mitigate human-wildlife conflict, is better protected against it. The project takes the approach of harmonious coexistence, by ensuring that both—humans and wildlife—are protected from conflict. Read More

For more information contact: biodiv.india@giz.de