17th December 2019, Bhopal
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal organized a “Review Meeting-cum-Workshop” for assessing the progress of the ICAR and International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) collaborating Project on “Soil Spectroscopy” today.
In his welcome address, Dr. A.K. Patra, Director, ICAR-IISS stressed on the importance of new technologies like rapid estimation of soil properties using the spectroscopy in sustaining the soil health and achieving the food security.
Dr. Javed Rizvi, Regional Director, South Asia Regional Program, ICRAF stressed on the importance of soil spectroscopy in rapid soil health assessment and improvement.
Dr. Keith Shepherd, Principal Scientist and Theme Leader of Soil Spectroscopy at ICRAF, Kenya delivered a talk on “Global Achievement on Soil Spectroscopy” through Skype.
Dr. Shiv Kumar Dhyani, Former Director, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi & Senior Agroforestry Specialist at ICRAF was also present during the occasion.
(Source: ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal)
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