31st January 2024, Jabalpur
An Industry Meet was organized by the ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur today at the DWR Jabalpur to strengthen the collaboration with herbicide industries to address the emerging challenges in weed management.
Dr. J. S. Mishra, Director, ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur, emphasised the exploration of avenues to secure Corporate Social Responsibility funds to enhance research and development activities through public-private partnerships. Additionally, there were one-to-one interactions between industrial delegates and the Director of the Institute, aimed at exploring other research-based options in collaboration with specific agro-industries.
The interaction between scientific staff and industrial delegates included the development of a dynamic weed map of India, enhancement of technical knowledge for farmers, agrochemical dealers, retailers, and other stakeholders, exploration of bio-herbicides, implementation of drone-based herbicide application, and investigation into the biological control of aquatic weeds etc.
A total of 32 participants, including 20 delegates from 16 National and Multi-national Agro-chemical industries took part in the meeting.
(Source: ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur)
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