ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI), is organizing a Training Programme on ‘Sugarcane farming for prosperity’ (வளமான வாழ்விற்கு கரும்பு சாகுபடி – விவசாயிகளுக்கான பயிற்சி) for the tribal farmers of Salem district on 09 July 2025 in Coimbatore. A Farmer-Scientist interaction for ‘Farm School on All India Radio’ participants (வானொலி வேளாண்மைப் பள்ளி பங்கேற்பாளரகளுக்கான விவசாயிகள் – விஞ்ஞானிகள் கலந்துரையாடல்) has also been arranged on the same day.

ICAR – Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI), one of the oldest crop research institutes in the country, has been implementing the ‘Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribe Component’ project (DAPSTC) for the welfare of the tribal. The project was successfully implemented across three regions in Tamil Nadu viz., Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) & Eastern Ghats of Salem district and in Attappady hills of Kerala. The project went beyond physical interventions by emphasizing knowledge dissemination and self-reliance. The Salem District Administration had recognized the Institute’s work among the tribal of the district by presenting a ‘Certificate of Appreciation’.

On 09 July 2025, besides the training sessions and farmer-scientist interaction, the farmers will be taken to sugarcane fields of popular sugarcane varieties, witness machinery and visit Sugarcane-based integrated farming system & Institute museum. A Tamil Book on ‘Sugarcane Farming for Prosperity’ and a video-documentary on the success of DAPSTC project are to be released during the event.

Shri M. G. Ganesan, Project Director, Project Nilgiri Tahr will be inaugurating the event that is to be attended by the tribal sugarcane farmers of Salem district and the registered participants of Farm School on All India Radio (AIR).

 

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