Training on “Production of Arka Fermented Cocopeat and Soilless Cultivation of Vegetables”

About ICAR-IIHR
ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, a premier research institute under Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi established in 1967 has a sprawling campus of 263 ha at Hessaraghatta, Bangalore. The institute working on more than over 54 horticultural crops for the last 55 years has played a pivotal role in bridging food security gaps through its dedicated and relentless research efforts towards crop productivity enhancement in a number of horticultural crops.
In the last five decades of its existence has released and popularized over 300 varieties of horticultural crops.
Also released more than 112 technologies with a view of increase quality and productivity, of horticultural crops.
In an effort to take these innovative technologies forward, ICAR-IIHR initiated a technology’s incubation facility for promotion of entrepreneurship lead growth in horticulture
About BESST-HORT
BESST-HORT is a Technology Business Incubator of ICAR-IHR has Catalyzed and supported by NSTEDB Division, DST, Gol, for facilitating incubation of new start-ups, entrepreneurs & enterprises for innovative technologies by providing necessary technical & business mentoring, physical infrastructure, networking support, facilities and services to test and validate their venture before successful establishment of their scaled up enterprises. BESST HORT is conducting a series of hands-on training programmes to help aspiring entrepreneurs to develop viable skills which can be converted in to an enterprise. As part of this, a paid-up training programme on Production of Arka Fermented Cocopeat & its use as a substrate for soilless cultivation of vegetables is scheduled be conducted at ICAR-IIHR, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on 20.09.2024.

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