22th April, 2022, Jabalpur
The ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh celebrated its 34th Foundation Day here today.
The Chief Guest, Dr. P.K. Bisen, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh stressed on the need for developing the cost-effective Weed Management Technologies for the small and marginal farmers.
Dr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari, Deputy Director General (Natural Resource Management), ICAR emphasized on developing the Precision Weed Management Tools and Spraying Techniques to tackle the Weed problems of the different agro-ecologies.
Dr. Suryanarayan Bhaskar, ADG (A, AF&CC), ICAR accentuated on mapping the Aquatic Weeds in the different regions of the country and developing the biocontrol strategies to manage them in the aquatic environments.
Delivering the 34th Foundation Day Lecture, Dr. Samunder Singh, President, International Weed Science Society, Brazil highlighted the progressive growth in the research and development in the area of Weed Science and future strategies to address the emerging challenges in it.
Earlier, delivering the welcome address, Dr. J.S. Mishra, Director, ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur underlined the Institute’s achievements highlighting the progress of the research and development made during 2021-22.
The event registered participation by 100 Scientists and Staff Members of the Institute and the Invited Guests from the various Organizations, NGOs, Farmers and Academia; besides, 56 Virtual participants.
(Source: ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh)
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