Central Rice Research Institute Annual report...2011-12

EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Vigilance Awareness Week
The Vigilance Awareness Week was observed from
31 October to 5 November, 2011 at CRRI, Cuttack and
its regional stations at Hazaribag and Gerua. Shri
Santosh Upadhyay, IPS, IGP (Vigilance), Govt. of
Odisha and Chief Guest of the occasion addressed the
staff of CRRI and gave certificate for participating in a
debate competition in Hindi, English and Odia on ‘Participative
Vigilance’.
Workshop on Fly-ash
A one day workshop under the DST funded project
‘Confidence Building and Facilitation of Large scale
Use of Fly-ash as an Ameliorant and Nutrient Source
for Enhancing Rice Productivity and Soil Health’ was
Farmer’s shared their experiences. The KVK demonstrated
the zero till machine and the reaper to the farmers.
Training Programmes
The following State and National level training
programmes were organized during the year 2011-12.
Training Programme on Rice Production Technology
sponsored by DAO, Purnea, Bihar during 26 to 30 April,
2011.
Capacity building programme for KVK personnel of
Odisha and Chhattisgarh on Rice Production technology
sponsored by ZPD, Zone-VII, Jabalpur during 30 to
31 May, 2011.
Training Programme on Rice Production Technology
sponsored by ATMA, Begusarai, Bihar during 17 to 23
January, 2012.
Training Programme on Hybrid Rice Production Technology
sponsored by SIMA Rahmankhela, Lucknow
during 27 to 31 January, 2012.
Training Programme on Rice Production Technology
sponsored by BTC Kokrajhar, Assam during 1 to 7
March, 2012.
organized at CRRI, Cuttack on 20 November, 2011.
More than 50 farmers from the adopted villages of the
project participated and gave their experience in using
fly-ash in their fields with rice Gayatri and Swarna.
Kisan Diwas
The Kisan Diwas was organized by the CRRI Regional
Station, Hazaribag at village Chauria in
Hazaribag on 4 November, 2011. On this occasion farmers
spoke on their experience of growing the varieties of
the station.
Farmer’s Field Day
A Farmers’ Field Day and training programme was
organized at the KVK, Koderma on 4 November 2011
which was inaugurated by Dr. Anand Prakash, Director
(Acting), CRRI. Dr. Prakash listed out the new research
activities to tackle emerging problems of growing
rice. Dr. V.K. Singh, PC, KVK, Koderma, spoke on
the objectives. Dr. M. Variar outlined the research
programmes. He also spoke on the new rice varieties
brought out by CRRI Regional Station, Hazaribag.
Training Programme on Rice Production Technology
sponsored by ATMA, Koderma, Jharkhand during 20
to 24 March, 2012.
Above the training programmes were coordinated by
Dr. Lipi Das.
Farmers training workshop on ‘Awareness of Conservation,
Cultivation & Commercialization of Landraces
A moment of accomplishment during the training
programme
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