Farmers’ Field Days Organized at ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur (UN Environment Protection-GEF Project)
Farmers’ Field Days were organized at ICAR – Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur under the UN Environment Protection-GEF project on 5 th and 6th Sept 2022. Farmers from partner villages in Jodhpur (Govindpura, Mansagar, and Begriya villages in Osian block; Bara; and Baigati Khurd, Kalra, Hopardi, and Modhari villages in Phalodi block) and […]
Salient Achievement of ICAR-NRCSS, Ajmer for Last Five Years
Seed spice improvement and germplasm collection, conservation, and utilization At present, about 7000 germplasm lines of seed spices are conserved and maintained in India (with ICAR-NRCSS, Ajmer, and AICRP centers). Being a national active germplasm site (NAGS) for seed spices, ICAR-NRCSS, Ajmer is a repository of 2250 germplasm lines (2017-18). In the past five years […]
Society for Millets Research
Millets as a group of crops are represented by sorghum (jowar), pearl millet (bajra), finger millet (ragi), and minor millets like banyard millet, proso millet, Kodo millet, and foxtail millet. Being an excellent source of essential nutrients to the millions of rural poor in India, they are also called ‘nutritious cereals’. Millets are the staple […]