Reports on Capacity Building

ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore organized three-day training programme on “Management of Wetland (maun) Fisheries” at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Piprakothi, Motihari for maun fishers of East Champaran district from 6-8 August 2017 under NFDB sponsored project “Fisheries development in four wetlands of East Champaran district of Bihar.       

ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun started 113rd batch of 4 - months (08 October to 7 Feb., 2016).

ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar in collaboration with ICAR-CPRI, Shimla, ICAR-IIVR, Varanasi, ICAR-IIHR, Banglore, ICAR-CAZRI RS Leh and HMAARI, SKUAST-K, Leh organied two days workshop on “Development of horticulture under cold arid region of Ladakh for enhancing quality production and improving livelihood” at SKUAST-K Campus Leh from 23rd to 24th August, 2017. The workshop was attended by around 135 participants including farmers from different areas of Ladakh, officers from line departments and scientists from ICAR and SKUAST Kashmir.

A one day workshop on modern tools and techniques used for cell analysis such as health, proliferation and differentiation ability, apoptosis and rapid quantification of cell was organized on 24th August, 2017 at ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow.

The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Kuldeep K. Lal, Director ICAR-NBFGR.

A 6-days training programme on “Manufacture of jute Handicrafts” under Agri Business Incubation (ABI) Project, ICAR-NIRJAFT, Kolkata was inaugurated at KVK, Mayurbhanj-I, Odisha on August 21, 2017.

Shri Dillip kumar Baxi, General Manager, DIC, Mayurbhanj, Chief Guest highlighted upon the government incentives available in setting up of agro-based enterprises.

A ten-day short course (. 20 - 29 July, 2017) sponsored by ICAR was organized by ICAR-National Research Centre on Yak, Dirang on “Upliftment of the socio-economic status and nutritional security in highlanders through scientific interventions in animal husbandry practices” was concluded on 29th July 2017.

24^th July, 2017, Kolkata

A 3-day National Level Training on “Production and retting technology of Jute/Mesta/Ramie/Sunnhemp including other related aspects” sponsored by National Food Security Mission (NFSM) - Commercial Crops, Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare,  Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India was inaugurated at ICAR-National Institute of Research on Jute & Allied Fibre Technology, Kolkata, today.

Brackishwater creeks and estuaries can be efficiently utilized by installing suitable cages for farming of fishes which is the prudent strategy for doubling fish farmers’ income and augmenting fish production. To achieve that, the art and science of crafting low volume cages suitable for brackishwaters and farming techniques of fishes need to be inculcated to the coastal fisher families and other interested farmers and entrepreneurs.

A two-day National Consultation Meet on ‘Mariculture and Open Sea Cage Culture Development in India’ was organized by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in collaboration with the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (DADF), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) at Mandapam Regional Centre of ICAR- CMFRI on 8th - 9th June 2017.