EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 20: A one-day training-cum-awareness programme under CSIR-Aroma Mission on "Cultivation, Processing, Value Addition and Marketing of Aromatic Crops" was organized by CSIR, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu (IIIM) under the patronage of Director, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu Dr. D. Srinivasa Reddy today at Pati, Champawat, Uttarakhand. The programme was conducted in collaboration with APAAR NGO, Pithoragarh, and Farmalogist Essence & Organic LLP, New Delhi. More than 180 farmers and other stakeholders, including 82 women from different villages of Pati and Lohaghat, Champawat, participated in this program. Quality planting material of Clarysage and Rosemary was distributed to the farmers of the area.
The Chief Guest of the programme, Vimi Joshi, Assistant Project Director, DRDA Champawat, informed participants about different schemes of the Government. She said that knowledge is power, and knowledge gained about aromatic plants today will help empower women and farmers of the region. She lauded the organizers' efforts in promoting aromatic crops in the region under the CSIR-Aroma Mission.
Amit Mamgain, Block Development Officer, Pati, Champawat, motivated progressive farmers and asked participants to join CSIR Aroma Mission for the region's socio-economic development.
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