Input dealers visit agricultural research station in Tirupati
The Hindu
The tour is part of a one-year diploma course for sellers
Pesticide and fertiliser sellers, commonly known as agricultural input dealers, made a visit to study the demonstration crops at ANGRAU’s Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS) here on Thursday. The visit was a part of the one-year diploma course that was introduced in an effort to enhance the sellers’ domain knowledge on the products and services they deal with. Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Chittoor, brought 40 dealers from the Madanapalle region for an interaction with the scientists.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.