Reports on Capacity Building

A training programme on “Freshwater aquaculture as livelihood option for tribal youths” has been inaugurated at ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga (14- 17^th November 2018). The programme is sponsored by 5/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, Assam for 18 tribal youth from Assam.

The training programme on “Linking geospatial technologies and agricultural system models to assess impact of climate change on natural resource management” sponsored by National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) and ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) Hyderabad was organized at ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Sciences, Bhopal from 24^th October to 2^nd November 2018.

ICAR-Directorate of Cold Water Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, in collaboration with Department of Fisheries, Jammu & Kashmir and State Agricultural Management & Extension Training Institute (SAMETI), Jammu jointly organized three-day training programme on “Fish diseases and their management” during 30^th October to 1^st November, 2018 at SKUAST-J.

A 10 days Short Course on “Modern techniques in pig semen processing and AI” was conducted by ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa from 22nd to 31st October - 2018.

With an aim to emphasize and creating the awareness about the soil health, a Skill Development Programme themed “Soil test and yield target based balanced fertilization” under the aegis of ICAR-AICRP on Soil Test Crop Response was organized on 24th October, 2018 at the Panapalli tribal village, the home of Irula tribe, situated in Anaikatti Hills of Western Ghats Coi

Training Programme on Integrated Nutrient Management and Nutrient Budgeting through Advanced Models to Increase Crop Productivity sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST) was inaugurated on 22nd October 2018 at ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Udhagamandalam.

22nd October, 2018

To popularize the importance of soil test based fertilizer application for improved crop productivity among tribal farmers, a capacity building programme under the theme of “Soil test and target yield approach for increased crop productivity” was organized on 22nd October, 2018 under the aegis of ICAR-AICRP on Soil Test Crop Response.

The National Academy of Agricultural Research management (ICAR-NAARM), Hyderabad organized a tailor-made training program on “Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Communication Strategies” during 06 – 07 October 2018 at its premises for the IFS probationers of 2017 batch.

27th September 2018, Balasore

ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai has been conducting Frontline Demonstrations on Biofloc based Nursery rearing Technology for Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei in different parts of the country with support from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.

A three-day orientation-cum-capacity development programme on skill development in agriculture was organized by ICAR-ATARI Kolkata in collaboration with Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) and Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) during September 18-20, 2018.