Newly-Developed “Technology Park” and “Solar Energy-based Irrigation System” inaugurated at ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur

7 - 8 March, 2022, Jabalpur

Dr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari, Deputy Director General (Natural Resources Management), ICAR visited the ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh from 7th to 8th March, 2022.

Newly-Developed “Technology Park” and “Solar Energy-based Irrigation System” inaugurated at ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur Newly-Developed “Technology Park” and “Solar Energy-based Irrigation System” inaugurated at ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur

During his visit, the DDG inaugurated the Newly-Developed “Technology Park” and “Solar Energy-based Irrigation System” at the Directorate’s Farm area. He also visited the Field Experiments and Laboratory Facilities at the Directorate. Dr. Chaudhari stated that the Newly-Created Facility would help in the demonstration of the new Weed Management Technologies developed by the ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh to the farmers and the other stakeholders.

While interacting with the Scientists and other Staff Members of the Directorate, Dr. Chaudhari appreciated the Directorate’s achievements made on the various aspects of weed management. He also urged the scientists for focusing more on the new dimensions in weed management research like sensor-based weeding tools and spraying techniques including drones, conservation agriculture, crop-weed interactions and herbicide efficacy under the changing climate.

Earlier, welcoming the dignitaries, Dr. J.S. Mishra, Director, ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur briefed about the Directorate’s achievements.

(Source: ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh)