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

of Rice’ at CRRI was organised during 1 to 2 February,
2012 in which fifteen farmers participated. Dr. Ashok
Patnaik coordinated the programme.
Mid-term progress review meeting of the DBT sponsored
network research project entitled ‘Establishment
of National Rice Resource Database’ was organised on
19h November, 2011 at CRRI, Cuttack. Dr. B.C. Patra
coordinated the programme.
A twenty one day Field Experience Training was conducted
from 8 to 28 November, 2011 for the scientists of
84th FOCARS batch at CRRI. The programme was coordinated
by Drs G.A.K. Kumar and J.R. Mishra.
A training programme on ‘Seed Production and
Characterisation of Farmers’ Varieties was organised
by CRRI in collaboration with the State Seed Testing
Laboratory, Govt. of Odisha on 28 june, 2011 for personnel
of selected NGOs and state department officials.
Exposure Visits
A total of 4370 visitors including farmers (3411),
farmwomen (214), students (442), agriculture officers
(295) and scientists (8) from Odisha, Andhra Pradesh,
Jharkhand, Tripura, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Chattishgarh, Uttar Pradesh,
Assam and Bihar have visited CRRI experimental plots
and Oryza Museum and were addressed by the rice
experts of the institute.
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