“State-of-the-art Instrumentation for Appraising Soil Biogeochemical Processes and Microbial Diversity with Respect to Soil-Climate Feedback Response”

About the Institute The Indian Institute of Soil Science (ICAR-IISS) is a research institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India. The Institute was established on 16th April, 1988 at Bhopal with a mandate of “Enhancing Soil Productivity with Minimum Environmental Degradation”. To […]

PAU Promotes Gur/Shakkar and Natural Vinegar Making

With a desire to help farmers and rural women become self-reliant, the Skill Development Centre of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) conducted a five-day training course on “Safe Methods of Gur and Shakkar Making as well as Preparation of Natural Vinegar from Apple and Sugarcane Juices.” The course, which witnessed the participation of 45 Punjab farmers […]

A Three-Day ILRI-IVRI Joint Training on ‘Food Safety Epidemiology’

A three-day ILRI-IVRI joint training on ‘Food Safety Epidemiology’ was organized at IVRI during December 11-13, 2023. The training workshop was a part of the joint ILRI-IVRI project on “One Health Initiative to improve food safety in poultry value chain in Uttar Pradesh, India’. Thirty-nine participants including scientists and students from divisions of Veterinary Public […]

Eastern Regional Station-ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute organized a Goat Promotional Programme at Dihi Village in West Bengal

The Eastern Regional Station (ERS) of ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Kolkata and Bharat Sevashram Sangha (BSS), Khurigacchi, Sonarpur jointly organized a ‘Goat Promotional Programme’ among the rural women at Dihi village on 19th of December, 2023. Dihi village is a large village under Sonarpur block of South 24 Paraganas District. The scheduled caste SC) […]

Organization of a Gosthi cum Awareness Programme at Makaltala village of Habra-I Block, West Bengal under DAPST

ICAR-IVRI, Eastern Regional Station, along with IRRI, New Delhi (Collaborative Project); and SEVA (NGO), Atghara, Baduria organized a gosthi cum awareness programme on 21st December 2023 at Makaltala village of Habra-I Block, West Bengal under Developmental Action Plan for Schedule Tribes (DAPST). The event, which comprised a gosthi and animal health awareness programme, aimed to […]