ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi in collaboration with District Agriculture Department, South West Garo Hills, Ampati, organised a one-day programme on “Awareness Camp on Utilization and Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture” on 27th March, 2025. The program was intended to raise awareness among the farmers of the region …
ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi transferred the technology of 64K SNP Chip of Grain Amaranth to Imperial Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram through Agrinnovate India Ltd. This genome-wide Amaranth 64K SNP chip is based on a high-quality reference sequence of the Amaranthus hypochondriacus genome and can be used for diverse applications, including genetic mapping, molecular core development, …
ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources Regional Station Shillong, Umiam organised three days programme on “Capacity building programme on conservation and management of Plant Genetic Resources for sustainable agriculture” during 24th to 26th March, 2025. The program was organised with the aim to raise awareness among the 230 farmer attendees (205 female and 25 male) …
A two-day training program on “PGR Conservation Awareness and Entrepreneurship Development in Areca Nut Cultivation” was successfully held from March 20–21, 2025. This initiative was jointly organized by the ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBPGR), New Delhi, under the NEH Sub-plan, in collaboration with the Department of Horticulture, Aromatic, and Medicinal Plants, Mizoram University, …
One day (22 March, 2025) workshop on “Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) Conservation Awareness Programme” was organized by ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi and ICAR-NBPGR Regional Station, Shillong, Meghalaya for sensitization of village farmers about the landraces significance. The workshop aimed to aware farmers on the importance of preserving these traditional varieties, which not only contribute to biodiversity …
