2008-'09 - Kerala Forest Research Institute

Annual Report 2008-09
Species, Resource Estimation, Plantation Development, Post-Harvest Technology
and Socio-Economic Livelihood Potential of Bamboos'. All the training programmes
were conducted at KFRI, Peechi.
o served as a course coordinator for the Training Programme on Collection, Processing
and Storage of Seeds of Forestry and Medicinal Plants under FRLHT Programme.
Also acted as a resource person and delivered two lectures on 'Seed collection in Medicinal
Plants with Special Reference to Seeds Collected for the FRLHT Programme' and
'Forms, Performas to be Used and Records to be Maintained in Connection with
Seed Collection'.
P.K.C. Pillai
o conducted field visit and offered recommendations for tree planting at
Souhrudaramam, Thanal Charitable Trust, Kiraloor, Thrissur, on 7 May 2008.
V.P. Raveendran
o functioned as Coordinator/ Associate Coordinator for various TrainingProgrammes
conducted at KFRI such as 'Tree Farming in Agroforestsry Systems and Wastelands',
'Collection, Compilation, Validation and Dissemination of Forest Statistics',
'Propagation,Cultivation, Management and Post-Harvest Technology of Bamboos'.
o delivered a lecture on 'Bamboo Species Suitable for Propagation and Traditional
Methods of Propagation' for the agricultural officers from Tamil Nadu Agricultural
University , Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam under TANHODA-
NBM Programme in KFRI on 16 and 23 July 2008
o gave a talk on 'Bamboo: Traditional Methods of Propagation' and conducted Field
Demonstation of Vegetative Propagation to the farmers from Myrada Krishi Vigyan
Kendra, Gopichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu during their visit (5 December 2008) as
part of the TANHODA- NBM training on at KFRI and to farmers from Trichy (27
January 2009)
o delivered a lecture on 'Bamboo- Traditional Methods of Propagation' in the Training
Workshop 'Bamboo - A Global Cooling Agent' as part of the National Workshop
on Global Warming and its Implication for Kerala at Techno Park, Trivandrum on
20 January 2009
o delivered a lecture on 'Bamboo Species Suitable for Propagation and Traditional
Methods of Propagation' to the farmers from Karassery Panchayath (28 January
2009) and to the farmers from Villupuram, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra (29 January
2009), Thanjur/Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu (24 February 2009) and Dindigal, Tamil
Nadu (19 March 2009) during their visit to KFRI.
C. Renuka
o provided leaf samples of available palm species to scientists of CPCRI, Kasaragod
for scientific study .
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