Mega Sheep Seed Project

The Mega Sheep Seed Project was started on 1st April 2009. The main objective of the project was the production of 80 breeding rams of each breed of sheep annually and to cover about 8000 breeding ewes using selected rams by the end of the XI plan. The project was sanctioned with four cooperating units […]

Breakthrough in Jute Retting by ICAR – CRIJAF through Genome Sequencing of Microbes of Microbial Retting Consortium

Dr. Gouranga Kar, Director of ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackore mentioned that recently a breakthrough in jute retting has been achieved by scientists of ICAR – CRIJAF who have decoded the genome sequences of jute retting microbes by high throughput genome sequencing. The in-depth genomic analysis significantly revealed three different species of Bacillus constitute the consortium strains. The […]

Parthenium Awareness Week

Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Ranga Reddy district, ICAR-CRIDA Parthenium awareness program on 19th August 2022 at KVK, Hayathnagar Research Farm (HRF). KVK staff and students participated in the program. G. Sri Krishna, SMS(Horticulture), KVK explained identification, the spread of parthenium, Harmful effects of weed, Integrated management practices of parthenium viz., Mechanical, cultural, Legal & extension management, chemical […]