21st August 2023, Hyderabad
ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad organised Parthenium Awareness Day on 21 August 2023 at Hayatnagar Research Farm (HRF), Hyderabad.
Dr S. K. Chaudhari, Deputy Director General (NRM), chief guest highlighted the objectives of organising Parthenium Week across the country, the history of Parthenium reaching our country, its wide spread, its harmful effect on human health and crop production and the need to manage it efficiently.
Dr Vinod Kumar Singh, Director, ICAR-CRIDA welcomed the participants and apprised the harmful effects of Parthenium like skin allergy (dermatitis), high fever and asthma in human beings and stressed the need to manage this weed an integrated mode i.e through mechanical, cultural and biocontrol methods.
In the awareness programme and about 150 participants comprising of scientists, technical officers, and students participated in the event.
(Source: ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad)
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