Knowledge creation, integration and information sharing are inevitable processes for the progression of any scientific discipline. Being socially committed and scientifically responsible entities, scientific communities and the innovation systems in different disciplines are constantly engaged in these knowledge cycles. The Society for Community Mobilization for Sustainable Development (MOBILIZATION), being a multidisciplinary and pragmatic professional society has always showed its keen interest and participation in this knowledge-value chain-partnership. The latest addition from our society to this was the 9th National Seminar on “Doubling Farmers Income by 2022: Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward” held during February 15–17, 2020 at Career Point University, Bhoranj Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh with the partnership of Participatory Rural Development Initiatives Society (PRDIS), Indian Social Responsibility Network (ISRN) and Lakshya SPS Vijayawada. More than 200 participants representing academicians, innovative farmers, policy makers, social constructivists, research scholars were participated in this. The society has succeeded in reflecting its research novelty and social commitment through dialogues and discussion on the multi-dimensional strategic themes to double the farmers’ income in the seminar. I am proud to say that, the enthusiastic scientific inclination of our society in organising all the nine magnificent national seminars and a couple of international seminars on nationally important themes for agricultural development, is always cherished and admired by its, more than 1200 active life members.
With immense pleasure, I welcome all our beloved readers to the January-April 2020 edition of MOBILIZATION journal. The research outputs included in this issue covers wide range of topics like occupational health hazards and drudgeries, fisheries resources and habitats, dairy sector research and development, value addition and marketing, nutrition and nutri-sensitive agriculture, adoption behaviour, opinion leadership or para extension workers, entrepreneurship development, social media mediated extension, consumer behaviour, perception on government schemes, group dynamics, content analysis, impact analysis of training, gender studies, alternate energy resources in processing sector, ICT in agricultural communication etc. I am sure that, the content richness of the present issue of journal with corss-India representation will definitely give the readers a panoramic view of multidisciplinary researches undertaken in these areas. Alas, the world scenario has changed in a quiet unhealthy manner due to the spread of Novel Corona Virus (COVID 19) from November 2019 and we in India are now undergoing four phases of its lockdown from March 24th 2020. The agriculture sector and research system need to be more adaptive and responsive to meet the output demand and resource scarcity created by the pandemic. In the current issue of the journal, we tried to include some of the COVID-19 impact studies conducted in agriculture sector.
The editorial team members Drs. Souvik Ghosh, S. K. Dubey, R. Roy Burman, Nishi Sharma, S.R.K. Singh, Reshma Gills, Sudipta Paul and Sujit Sarkar definitely deserve my sincere thanks and appreciation. Their constant and committed works and efficacious editorial process helped in timely publication of the journal without compromising any of its quality, norms and publication standards. My sincere thanks go to Ms. Subhashree Sahu and Dr. Hema Baliwada for their unequivocal supervision and support in shaping this issue of the journal as on-line editors. Most importantly, I thank our valuable readers for their constant contribution and intellectual support which help our journal to bag respectable and appreciable position among the other scientific publications.
I wish healthy, safe, and happy future for all of our sincere readers, contributors and members.
