ICRISAT Archival Report 2006 - The seedlings of success in the ...

Invited Seminars:
Rai KN. 2006. Made presentations on “Adaptation and yield potential of pearl millet for grain and fodder
production” to research groups at Program Facilitation Unit (PFU) of the CGIAR, Tashkent; Tashkent State
Agricultural Institute; and Samarkand Agricultural Institute, Uzbekistan, during 18 September−3 October
2006.
Rai KN. 2006. Made presentations on “Adaptation and yield potential of pearl millet for grain and fodder
production” at INIFAP’s research stations at Rio Bravo and Zacatecas, Mexico, during 16−25 August 2006.
Rai KN. 2006. Presented ICRISAT-Private Sector (PS) Hybrid Parents Research Consortia on Sorghum,
Pearl Millet and Pigeonpea, to the MSSC Governing Board, Mumbai, India, 4 September 2006.
Rao KPC and Kumara Charyulu D. 2006. Role of Micro-finance Institutions in providing Credit and
Insurance Services in Drought Prone Areas of A.P, Invited paper at the National Seminar on Rural
Microfinance, Sponsored by UGC and organized by P.G Department of Economics, Sardar Patel University,
Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat-388120 from October 17 to18, 2006.
Rao KPC. 2006. Livelihoods, Enterprises and Incomes of villagers in Six Andhra Pradesh villages, Invited
paper at the National seminar on ‘Model Village’ at Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and
Social Action (MGNIRSA) on 3rd November, 2006 at Hyderabad.
Rao KPC. 2006. WTO Issues and Suggested Measures to be taken by Government and FAPCCI, Invited
paper at the National Seminar on Agriculture and Processed Food Export –Emerging Trends Organised by
Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI) and Agricultural and
Processed foods Export Development Authority (APEDA), April 22, 2006 at Hyderabad.
Reddy BVS and Ramesh S. 2006. Sweet sorghum – a potential alternate raw material for ethanol production
– Cultivar options. Presented at the workshop on “Sweet sorghum for improving the livelihood of farmers”,
31 March 2006, FAPCCI Bhavan, Red hills, Hyderabad, Organized by Federation of farmers associations,
Hyderabad.
Reddy BVS, Ramesh S, Parthasarathy Rao P, Seetharama N and Longvah T. 2006. Sorghum grain
micronutrients and β-carotene – Role in the diets and scope for their genetic enhancement. Presented at the
workshop on “Crop bio-fortification for alleviating micronutrient malnutrition” at the MS Swaminathan
Research Foundation, February 13-14 2006, Chennai, India.
Reddy BVS, Ramesh S, Wani SP, Ortiz R, Ceballos H and SREEDEVI TK. 2006. Agricultural Research and
Energy Security: The Crop Link to Bio-Energy. An invited lead discussion paper presented at Global Forum
on Agricultural Research (GFAR) Triennial Conference 2006, 08-11 December, New Delhi, India.
Reddy BVS, Ramesh S, Wani SP, Ortiz R, Hernan C and SREEDEVI TK. 2006. Agricultural research and
energy security – The crop link to bio-energy. An invited lead discussion paper presented at the GFAR
Triennial conference, 10 th November 2006, New Delhi, India.
Reddy BVS, Sharma HC, Thakur RP, Upadhyaya HD and Vadez V. 2006. ICAR-ICRISAT partnership
research on sorghum: synergies. Presented at the Limited SRC for “Genetic improvement in sorghum”
meeting, 20 July 2006, NRCS, Hyderabad.
Reddy BVS. 2006. Sweet Sorghum-A promising alternative raw material for ethanol production. An invited
lead discussion paper presented at Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) Triennial Conference
2006, 08-11 December, New Delhi, India.
Rupela OP. 2006. Biological Approaches for Crop Production and Protection. Lead paper, National
Conference on Organic Farming. Horticultural Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Ooty,
sponsored by the National Horticultural Mission (NHM) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of
India, 11-18 June 2006.
Rupela OP. 2006. Inputs required for biological approaches of crop production and protection. Lead paper,
National Seminar on Standards and Technologies of Non-Conventional Organic Inputs, Project Directorate
of Cropping Systems Research (PDCSR), Modipuram, 8-9 April 2006.
Rupela OP. 2006. Low-cost biological approaches for rain-fed crop production system – A seven years case
study. Brainstorming dialogue on organic farming, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, 02
Feb 2006, organized at the behest of DG-ICAR to take step towards developing ‘organic farming policy’ for
India.
Rupela OP. 2006. Making microorganisms work for crop production and protection. Brainstorming session
on role of agriculturally important microorganisms in sustainable food and agriculture production. Organized
by the National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM), an ICAR institution near
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 16 to 18 April 2006.
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