Participatory Water Resource Development in Attal Village under Tribal-Sub Plan – A Success Story
A remote tribal village viz., Attal situated in Tuni block of Dehradun district was selected by Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Dehradun for implementing TSP. There are about 300 numbers of households in the village and more than half of them are engaged in agriculture. Mostly cereals, pulses, vegetables and fruit […]
Training provided by ABI, ICAR-IISR, Indore
Training Course Fee Three days certified sensitization training in soy food processing and byproduct utilization Programme (TSFP) Apply Rs. 3000/- (for self-sponsored) Rs. 5000/- (for candidates sponsored by companies/industries/Govt. Organization) Five days certified training on practicing basic techniques of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biofertilizer Programme (TAMP) and bacterial bio-fertilizers Apply Rs. 15000/- (for self-sponsored) Rs. 30000/- […]
Registration under ABI
The applicants and startups, has to mandatorily register as incubatee at ABI Centre ICAR- IISR, Indore for incubation with registration fee on Rs. 2000/- only (Click here for Registration). Initially, the duration of incubation will be 1 month which may be extended for 3 months or more in the specific case depending on requirement and in […]
Identification and Characterization of Cardamom Vein Clearing Virus, a Novel Aphid-Transmitted Nucleorhabdovirus
The vein clearing (kokke kandu) disease suspected to be caused by an unknown virus is an important production constraint of cardamom in India.In the present study the causal virus was transmitted from infected to healthy cardamom plants through the aphid, Pentalonia caladii. Small RNA (sRNA) and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) of the aphid-inoculated plant showed several […]
Summer Internship Programme, 2023
ICAR – Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode will be conducting Summer Internship Programme on “Advanced techniques in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics” during 1st to 31st May, 2023 at ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode. Interested students are requested to send their details (Name, Course of study, Institution, Contact No., Address ) by mail […]
Sugarcane Inter Cropping A Success Story
Average size of land hodings of Indian farmers is decreasing day by dayowing to constant increase in human population. Presently, the proportions of marginal, small and big farmers in the country is 58.0, 18.0 and 24.0 per cent, respectively. Therefore, to meet the demand of food viz; cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, sugar, etc. for the […]
Sugarcane Cutter Planter: A success story
Sugarcane, among sweeteners, is the only cash crop occupying about 4.0 million hectares in the country. Of this, about fifty per cent is under ratoon. The planting of this crop is conventionally done through country plough or ridger requiring 30-35 laborers/ha for undertaking various planting operations. These include sett cutting, furrow opening, application of fertilizers […]
National Training Programme Sugarcane Management & Development
10 days National Training Programme A large number of sugar complexes are coming up due to the liberalization and introduction of new sugar policy by the Government. Therefore, sugarcane acreage per sugar mill is declining. For producing a large quantity of sugarcane to run the mills to their full capacity, there are two options, either […]
Okra Variety Kashi Chaman Developed at ICAR- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research Fetched Bumper Yield at Farmer’s Field
Okra is one of the most important vegetables cultivated and consumed allover India. It is rich in many nutrients and particularly high in vitamin C and K. Okra is rich source of antioxidants which reduce risk of serious diseases, prevent inflammation and contribute to overall health. It contains polyphenols which is beneficial to heart and […]
ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal Organized Krishi Mela Cum Workshop
ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal organized Krishi Mela cum Workshop on Natural Farming at aspirational tribal district Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal (M.P.) organised Krishi Mela cum Krishak Sangosthi on Natural Farming during 27-29 March at KVK Surgi, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh. Padmashri Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav, President of the […]