Reports on Capacity Building

ICAR-CIRCOT’s signature skill development training programme on nanotechnology, was organized during September 24-28, 2018.

ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar in association with  Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Gajapati (OUAT), State fisheries department and Soura development Agency conducted Interface meet on Aquaculture at Chandragiri, Gajapati on 25th September, 2018.

ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur organized two-day Workshop-cum-Meeting on ‘Weed management in Conservation Agriculture’ during 11-12 September, 2018.

Shri Chhabilendra Roul, Special Secretary (DARE) & Secretary (ICAR) inaugurated the National Workshop on “Sustaining Animal Food Systems” at ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar on 6th September, 2018. While inaugurating the event, he briefed about the ICAR pilot project on developing a sustainable development index (SDI) for different agro-ecological regions of the country. He emphasized on the indicators related to animal food systems which are required for development of SDI, i.e.

The ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal in collaboration with SAC, Dhaka and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organized a regional training program during 5-10 September, 2018 on “Integrated Plant Nutrient Management System in SAARC countries”.

ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru organized 10-day ICAR Sponsored Short Course on “Recent advances in nutritional-physiological approaches for improving reproduction and production in livestock under climate change scenario” from 20 to 29 Aug 2018.

The role of integrated plant nutrient management system (IPNS) in sustainability of agriculture is important in view of the widespread soil degradation and deterioration of soil health. For increased awareness and greater scientific cooperation among member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the SAARC Agricultural Centre (SAC), Dhaka, Bangladesh and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) took initiatives for Regional Training Program on various important issues affecting agriculture sector of the region.

A three day capacity development programme on orientation training of trainers for skill development in agriculture was organized by ICAR-ATARI, Ludhiana in collaboration with Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) during August 29-September 01, 2018.

27^th August 2018, Ludhiana

ICAR-Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture (DKMA), Informatics publishing Ltd. (J-Gate) and Mohinder Singh Randhawa Library, Punjab Agricultural University jointly organized a one day  'J-gate@CeRA Regional Ambassador Training Programme' for the libraries of north zone Agricultural Universities and Institutes of ICAR.

ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal organized Hands-on Training for Farmers on Improved Agricultural Implements and Machinery under Consortia Research Platform on Farm Mechanization and Precision Farming (CRP on FMPF) during August 21-23, 2018.