<p class="title">Deputy Director General (Horticultural Sciences) Dr A K Singh stressed the impending need for studies on carbon-sequestration in the wake of climate change.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was addressing a gathering virtually at a programme organised to celebrate the ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute’s (ICAR-CPCRI) 106th Foundation Day on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also laid emphasis on the mapping of nutrient status of soils where plantation crops are grown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former ADG (Plantation Crops) Dr P Rethinam delivering the Dr K V Ahmad Bavappa Memorial lecture spoke about the importance of adoption of technological applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT), precision farming etc, among others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr A K Singh released a book, ‘The Coconut Genome’, e-book on Scientific Coconut Farming - Seed to Market (in Malayalam), audio compilations on arecanut cultivation (in Kannada and Malayalam), and a series of four extension folders pertaining to integrated disease management practices in coconut (in Kannada).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Singh presented the annual best scientific team research award to an interdisciplinary team headed by Dr Rajkumar for their work on the management of root grubs of arecanut.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A farmers’ training programme on ‘Micro-irrigation for coconut’ was conducted as part of the foundation day celebration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Selected farmers from five micro-watersheds in Kasaragod district under the NABARD- assisted scheme attended the training programme organised in collaboration with the Centre for Rural Development (CRD) Nileswar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPCRI’s initiative to provide technical support for establishing a one-hectare coconut garden in the open prison and correctional home campus in Cheemeni was inaugurated in the programme held at PJ Hall in CPCRI Kasaragod.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assistant Director General (ADG) Horticultural Sciences Dr B K Pandey, ICAR-CPCRI Acting Director Dr Anitha Karun, among others, were also present.</p>
<p class="title">Deputy Director General (Horticultural Sciences) Dr A K Singh stressed the impending need for studies on carbon-sequestration in the wake of climate change.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was addressing a gathering virtually at a programme organised to celebrate the ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute’s (ICAR-CPCRI) 106th Foundation Day on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also laid emphasis on the mapping of nutrient status of soils where plantation crops are grown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former ADG (Plantation Crops) Dr P Rethinam delivering the Dr K V Ahmad Bavappa Memorial lecture spoke about the importance of adoption of technological applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT), precision farming etc, among others.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr A K Singh released a book, ‘The Coconut Genome’, e-book on Scientific Coconut Farming - Seed to Market (in Malayalam), audio compilations on arecanut cultivation (in Kannada and Malayalam), and a series of four extension folders pertaining to integrated disease management practices in coconut (in Kannada).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Singh presented the annual best scientific team research award to an interdisciplinary team headed by Dr Rajkumar for their work on the management of root grubs of arecanut.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A farmers’ training programme on ‘Micro-irrigation for coconut’ was conducted as part of the foundation day celebration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Selected farmers from five micro-watersheds in Kasaragod district under the NABARD- assisted scheme attended the training programme organised in collaboration with the Centre for Rural Development (CRD) Nileswar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPCRI’s initiative to provide technical support for establishing a one-hectare coconut garden in the open prison and correctional home campus in Cheemeni was inaugurated in the programme held at PJ Hall in CPCRI Kasaragod.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assistant Director General (ADG) Horticultural Sciences Dr B K Pandey, ICAR-CPCRI Acting Director Dr Anitha Karun, among others, were also present.</p>