Training Programme on Forgotten Foods and Neglected Crops held at IIHR CHES, Bhubaneswar
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The Central Horticultural Experiment Station (CHES), ICAR-IIHR, Bhubaneswar organized a Training Programme for Farmers and Community Resource Persons (CRPs) on “Crop Diversity Block” during 3–4 September 2026 in collaboration with Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN), Bhubaneswar, under the initiative on Revival and Sustainable Intensification of Forgotten Foods and Neglected Crops of Odisha. The two-day programme focused on crop diversity, genetic diversity and traditional varieties of rice, traditional and minor fruit crops, tuber crops, forgotten foods, native processed foods, traditional oilseed crops and traditional vegetable crops. The programme also highlighted the role of crop diversity in addressing climate change and included field visits and local diversity-group discussions. Around 50 participants attended the training programme.
The programme featured lectures by experts from ICAR-IIHR, ICAR–CTCRI and OUAT, along with representatives of WASSAN. A field visit to the ICAR–CTCRI Regional Station, Bhubaneswar, and ICAR-IIHR-CHES provided participants with practical exposure to crop diversity and neglected crops.
Dr. G. C. Acharya, Head acted as Course Director and the training was coordinated by Dr. A. V. V. Koundinya and Dr. Shantanu Rakshit of CHES, ICAR-IIHR, and Mr. Yashabanta Naik, WASSAN with help of YPs and outsourced personnel. The training aimed to strengthen the knowledge of farmers and community resource persons on the conservation, revival, utilization and sustainable intensification of traditional, forgotten and neglected crops, thereby contributing to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity and promotion of climate-resilient food systems.
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