IMPHAL, Mar 3: A two day training program on “Quality seed production of important major field crops for food security in Manipur” for scheduled tribe farmers was successfully organized jointly by Directorate of Research, CAU, Imphal and ICAR Seed Project (TSP), Central Agricultural University, Imphal on March 2 and 3, 2012.
A statement of the CAU has stated that the main objectives of the training program were to expose the participants to various technique of quality seed production in important self and cross pollinated field crops and to enable them to acquire new knowledge and develop relevant skills towards improving quality seed production undertaken by them.
45 scheduled tribe farmers from different districts of Manipur attended the training program and CAU-R1 seeds were distributed with an objective to initiate quality seed production of rice in rice growing areas, by making group farmers under technical guidance of Central Agricultural University, Imphal, the statement added.