Season-long training on pigeonpea seed production and management concludes
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s part of the institute’s capacity building initiatives, seven technical staff from ICRISAT based in the state of Odisha, India and one representative of a non-governmental organization (Loksebak) were successfully trained in pigeonpea sowing, harvesting (seed to seed) and improved crop management techniques at the ICRISAT headquarters. Under the project ‘Introduction and Expansion of Improved Pigeonpea (Arhar) Production Technology in Rainfed Upland Ecosystem of Odisha’, the participants took part in a two-day training session every month from July 2013 to February 2014. The ‘season-long training’ followed the crop production cycle, and the participants’ feedback was collected in monthly reports and presented to ICRISAT’s Dr Myer G Mula, Training Coordinator and Principal Investigator of the project. Improved crop management was adopted during the production cycle.
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Dr MG Mula inspecting pigeonpea crop along with the participants of the training program.
The trainees included: Sarat Kumar Tripathy (State Coordinator), Santosh Kumar Mohanty (Rayagada and Boudh District Coordinator), Yashobanta Naik (Naupada and Balangir District Coordinator), Purna Singh (Kalahandi District Coordinator), Raj Kishore Panda (Naupada Field Attendant), Tangudu Chandrasekhar (Rayagada Field Attendant), Hansaraj Bhoi (Kalahandi Field Attendant), and Ajit Prasad Mohanty (Loksebak). The activity was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes. g
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Dr Sobhan Babu Sajja, an Indian national, joined on 24 February as Special Project Scientist (Chickpea Breeding), Research Program - Grain Legumes, at ICRISAT Patancheru. Dr Sajja has a PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding from Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad. Prior to joining ICRISAT, he worked as Rice Breeder at Bioseed Research India, Hyderabad. He also worked in the Division of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, State of Alaska, USA from February 2010 to May 2011, and was responsible for production of breeder seed and foundation seed for forbs, herbs and grasses released for the State of Alaska. We welcome Sobhan to Team ICRISAT and wish him all success.
Farewell Dr Punna Ramu, Special Project Scientist, Research Program - Dryland Cereals, ICRISAT Patancheru, concludes his assignment on 28 February.
Ms Sakina Razvi, Executive Associate (Communications), FETS – Communications Unit, is retiring on 28 February after serving the Institute for over 27 years.
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