Medziphema, February 3: Three days trainers training on ‘Nursery management & quality planting material production of important fruit crops’’ was organized by Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH), DAC, GoI, Medziphema at CIH, Medziphema from January 29 to 31 for the horticulture officials.
The objective was to train officials to upgrade their knowledge and skills to produce superior quality diseases- free planting material, which is the basic requirement for establishment of any fruit orchard.
The inagural programmed was graced by Dr. Lallan Ram, Director, CIH where he exhorted the participants to utilize the skills they have learnt from the training in the field condition. He also reminded the participants that they were the interface between scientists and farmers. The resource persons Dr. R K Patel, Sr. Scientist, NRC on Litchi, Muzzaffarpur: Bihar and Dr. R A Ram, Principal Scientist, CISH, Lucknow imparted training on various aspects like Basic principles of Nursery management and propagation techniques in Mango, Litchi, Cashew, Guava, Citrus and Passion fruit. Practical hands on demonstration on Budding, grafting, cutting, air layering, care & management of nursery plants were conducted at CIH farm nursery unit. The participants were also appraised on the various activities of the farm.
The programme concluded with Certificate distribution along with reading materials to the participants by Dr. Lallan Ram, Director, CIH. Feedback from the participants were also delivered and expressed their gratitude to the institute for conducting such intensive and practical oriented training programme and also requested the Director, CIH to conduct similar training programme.
Altogether, 19 officials from the State horticulture department of Manipur, Nagaland and CIH attended the training programme. The programme was coordinated by Sentiyangla, Horticulture Specialsit, CIH.
