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Agribusiness accelerator programme

ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad and ICAR-CTCRI jointly organised a roadshow/start up hunt for a food and agribusiness accelerator programme. Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao, Director, NAARM was the Chief Guest; Dr. Roy Stephen, Dean, College of Agriculture, Vellayani & Sri. Baiju N. Kurup graced the programme by their presence as Guests of Honour. Director, CTCRI delivered keynote address. Dr. S. Senthil Vinayagam, CEO, a-Idea, NAARM and Dr. P. Sethuraman Sivakumar participated. Chairman, SLBC; Representatives of SBI; ICAR-CMFRI; CWRDM; Kerala Startup Mission; Kudumbasree; and startups, other stakeholders and students participated.

Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of Bioagents Mass Production

We are delighted to announce the foundation stone laying of the Bioagents Mass Production Unit, a remarkable Rs. 3.2 crore project funded by RKVY. The ceremony was graced by Dr. Sudhakar Pandey, ADG (FVS&MP), in the presence of our Director, Dr. G. Byju, and Dr. Sudhanshu K.K. Mishra, CGM, NABARD, Bhubaneswar, along with other esteemed dignitaries and the dedicated staff of our Regional Station. Inauguration of Farmers Training on Tuber Crops Based Farming System - A three-day Farmers Training on Tuber Crops Based Farming System was also inaugurated by Dr. Sudhakar Pandey, with a special visit to our state-of-the-art laboratories. We were honored to have Dr. Sudhanshu K.K. Mishra and Dr. M.K. Mishra, HoD, Plant Pathology, OUAT, as Guests of Honour during the event.

Agriculture Minister P. Prasad Inaugurated AICRPTC SCSP Project

AGRICULTURE MINISTER P. PRASAD INAUGURATED AICRPTC SCSP PROJECT AND FARMERS SEMINAR ICAR-CTCRI has launched a new agri-food system development project and inaugurated farmers seminar at Cherthala south, Alappuzha district. The minister has brought out SREE ANNAM and SREE MANNA, two new NPK use efficient cassava varieties for Kerala state. He also distributed planting materials and organic inputs to beneficiary farmers and highly appreciated the sincere efforts of CTCRI in improving tuber crops agr-food systems.

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CTCRI Vision 2050 provides an oppurtunity to evaluate the relevance of tropical tuber crops in food security by introspecting the accomplishment and visualizing the challenges this sector may face in future. It also critically examines possible scenario of operating environment.