 Early Times Report
Jammu, July 15: CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) Jammu, CSIR- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) Lucknow in collaboration with Advance Centre for Rainfed Agriculture (ACRA), SKUAST-J organized Training-cum-Awareness Programme on Cultivation, Processing and Marketing of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants suitable for Jammu & Kashmir State under J&K Arogya Gram Yojana (JAAG) Project.
The training programme was organized under the guidance of Dr Ram A Vishwakarma, Director, IIIM, Jammu and Prof A K Tripathi, Director, CIMAP.
The programme was successfully conducted under the aegis of SKUAST-J and able guidance of Dr JP Sharma, Director Research, SKUAST-J and Dr Anil Kumar, Associate Director Research, ACRA, Dhiansar.
Chief Scientist Dr Suresh Chandra, IIIM, Jammu formally inaugurated the programme and delivered key note address on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs).
Dr. A.P. Singh, Senior Scientist, ACRA delivered introductory lecture and briefed about the importance of cultivation of MAPs w.r.t. rainfed areas of Jammu.
IIIM Scientists Dr. Suresh Chandra, Dr RK Srivastava & RP Yadav (CIMAP), Dr Bikarma Singh, Dr Rajendra Bhanwaria, Dr VP Rahul, Dr Sabha Jeet and Ashok Gupta, Dy Director (ATMA) had discussion and interactions with local farmers and presented overall objectives of the ongoing project and targeted commercial crops suitable for rainfed, kandi and irrigated lands of J&K region.
CSIR developed varieties such as Jammu Monarda, Rosagrass RRL (J) CN-5, Rosagrass IIIM (J) CK-10, Phalsa, Lavendra, Palma Rosa PRC-1, Lemongrass CKP-25, Lemongrass CPK-F2-38, Vetivar, Patchouli, Geranium, Rosemary, Ocimum, and Mentha were key crops discussed at ACRA Samba.
About 120 farmers/growers from different districts of J&K such as Samba, Jammu, and adjoining areas were participated and share their experiences of growing Medicinal and Aromatic crops of CSIR developed technologies. |
