ICAR-Central Institute Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennaiand Federation of India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) along with Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Nagapattinam and Coastal Aquaculture Authority (CAI), Chennai organized a “Workshop on Revitalizing Fisheries and Aquaculture in Tamil Nadu – Doubling income by March 2022” on 30th May 2017 at ICAR-C

15^th May 2017, Bangaluru

A nine-day training programme (15-23rd May 2017) on “Field Epidemiology Training Programme for veterinarian” for the participants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Srilanka was inagurated at ICAR - National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics, Bengaluru  today. The training programme was conducted under the aegis of SAARC Agriculture Center (SAC), Dhaka and FAO Regional Support Unit for SAARC, Kathmandu.

19^th May, 2017, Jodhpur

A two-day collaborative training programme on “Proper Handling of Mini Soil Testing Machine” (19-20 May, 2017) for KVKs of Rajasthan and Gujarat was inaugurated at ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute (ATARI), Jodhpur (Rajasthan) today.

13^th May, 2017

A capacity building-cum-field day was organized under Tribal Sub Plan of AICRP-STCR in collaboration with AICRP-LTFE centre of UAS , Bengaluru for tribal farmers of Hospod, Srinivaspura and surrounding hamlets of Chamarajanagara district, Karnataka.  

The objective of the progrrame was to popularize the importance of soil test based balanced fertilizer application with Soil Test Crop Response approach among the tribal farmers,

Two-day planning meeting of kharif was organized jointly by ICAR- Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kanpur and Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) from 12-13 May, 2017.

ICAR-Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai organized a Workshop on “Mechanization of Cotton Cultivation, : , Opportunities and Way Forward” on 5th May 2017 at ICAR - CIRCOT, Mumbai.

A workshop on “Promotion of Lac based Industry in Jharkhand” was organized jointly by ICAR-Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi and Agri Horticulture & Agro Rural Industries Committee, Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce & Industries (FJCCI) on 6th May, 2017 at ICAR-IINRG, Ranchi.

An Epidemiology School on Aquatic Animal Diseases is being organized at ICAR-NBFGR for scientists involved in the National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD) from April 24-28, 2017.

Four months Certificate course on ‘Soil & Water Conservation and Watershed Management’ was inaugurated at ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation, on 24th April, 2017.

20^th April 2017, Lucknow

Shri Ashutosh Tandon, Minister of Technology and Medical Education, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, inaugurated a two-day International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health and Epidemiology for Sustainable Asian Aquaculture here today. The symposium is organized by Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Society, Lucknow, India in collaboration with ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow and National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal.