CCAEE, AMU Conducts Week-Long Workshop on Fruit Preservation
The Centre of Continuing and Adult Education and Extension (CCAEE), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), in collaboration with the Department of Horticulture and Fruit Preservation, District Aligarh, Government of Uttar Pradesh, organized a week-long workshop on Fruit Preservation. The workshop aimed to promote self-employment and skill development through hands-on training in food preservation techniques. Mr. Shyam […]
Ernakulam KVK of ICAR-CMFRI organises Sankalp Se Siddhi programme
The Ernakulam Krishi Vigyan Kendra of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi organised the New India Manthan: Sankalp Se Siddhi programme on 24th August at the ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi. Prof. K V Thomas, Member of Parliament, Ernakulam Constituency was the Chief Guest of the programme. He inaugurated the programme and administered the New India pledge. Dr Pravin […]
Phenophases in Elephant Foot Yam
Elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson) is a tropical tuber crop that is primarily cultivated for its edible corm. Eight primary growth stages of elephant foot yam, such as germination (stage 0), leaf/pseudo stem development (stage 1), tuber development (stage 4), inflorescence emergence (stage 5), flowering (stage 6), fruit growth (stage 7), fruit maturity […]
A New Variety of Cashew nut Bidhan Jhargram– 2 Released
A selection was made from the cashew seedling population of H-2/15 at All India Coordinated Research Project on Cashew, Regional Research Station (Jhargram), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya. The selection was released as Bidhan Jhargram- 2 during AICRP on Cashew Workshop held this year. The tree of Bidhan Jhargram- 2 is upright with compact canopy; […]
Horticulture-based Integrated Farming System and Nursery Rising: Way of Farmers’ Prosperity and Employment for Youth in Kashmir
Baramulla, largest district in the entire Kashmir valley, was a largest apple producer district of the country in 2012-13. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Baramulla assessed need to train farmers in modern agricultural technologies to enable them to carryout farming as more economically viable and employment generating enterprise. In these efforts KVK, trained the farmers […]
🌾🌱Empowering Farmers for High-Quality Paddy Seed Production through Advanced Technologies🌱🌾
Seed is the foundation of agricultural productivity and food security. Recognizing its critical importance, Farmers’ Meetings are being organised time to time by BCKV. One such programme on “High-Quality Paddy Seed Production with Improved Technologies” was organized at the Regional Research Sub-Station (RRSS), Chakdah, under the aegis of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) on 31 […]
Innovative Initiative for the Large Scale Farming of Pearlspot
The Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai has developed an innovative technology for easy propagation of the fish Pearlspot by breeding under environmentalcontrolled conditions. The fish pearlspot (Etroplus suratensis) known as “Karimeen” in Kerala, is an excellent table fish of delicacy, fetching a good market price up to Rs.350/kg. It can be farmed under […]
ICAR-CIFRI & ICAR-CIFA jointly Ranched Minor Carps Seeds in Mahanadi River
The ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha in association with the ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata; State Department of fisheries and Rotary Club, Bhubaneswar organized a River Ranching Programme in the Mahanadi River today. The ICAR-CIFA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha is involved in the research and development of different Minor Carps Species over the […]
Shri Sushil Kumar, Additional Secretary (DARE) and Secretary, ICAR visits ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun
Shri Sushil Kumar, Additional Secretary (DARE) and Secretary (ICAR) visited the ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil & Water Conservation (IISWC), Dehradun from 21st to 22nd November, 2019. During his visit, Shri Kumar interacted with the Institute’s staff members and took a note of the activities being carried out at the Institute and its regional research centres. He offered […]
Smt. Anjanaben Gamit: A Civil Engineer-turned-Women Entrepreneur in Mushroom Cultivation
Otherwise, a Civil Engineer by profession, Smt. Anjanaben Gamit used to live as a normal person in the society. But, as was destined, she got successful in realizing her dream to secure livelihood in general and tribals, in particular without land / marginal land. An article on Oyster Mushroom Cultivation published by the Krishi Vigyan […]
Sustained efforts increased productivity of Guar manifold
Guar, a versatile crop with industrial uses and export potential, has transformed economic status of large number of farmers in Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.Low input cost and high yield are encouraging farmers to cultivate drought tolerant legume guar seed. Different varieties developed by the Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur had given an edge to […]
