14th December 2022, Bhubaneswar
A Workshop-cum-Training Programme on “Gender Sensitive Integrated Vertical Nutri-farming System for Household Nutrition and Income Enhancement” was organized at ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar today under the project “Design and Development of Gender Sensitive Integrated Vertical Nutri-farming System for Household Nutrition and Income”.
Dr. Mridula Devi, Director, ICAR-CIWA emphasized the inclusion of vegetables and fruits in daily diet for nutritional security and highlighted that adoption of Integrated Vertical Nutri-farming System (IVNFS) model will facilitate the farmwomen to supplement their household vegetable consumption.
Dr. Tania Seth, Scientist and PI of the project briefed that the workshop was aimed at imparting hands on training about Integrated Vertical Nutri-farming System Model including vegetable cultivation in vertical troughs, paddy straw mushroom cultivation, oyster mushroom cultivation, poultry farming, poultry feed formulation and azolla cultivation.
The Workshop-cum-Training Programme comprised of various technical sessions.
Hands-on training and demonstration were conducted on paddy straw mushroom cultivation and oyster mushroom cultivation.
In this programme seeds of seasonal leafy vegetables and French bean were distributed.
A total of 25 farmwomen from Puri and Khordha districts had participated in the programme.
(Source: ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar)
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