CWRDM became the venue for National Seminar on' Soil, Water and Crop Management for Higher Productivity of Spices' during 11-12 February, 2010. The Seminar was Organised by CWRDM, Kozhikode and Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, Kozhikode under National Horticulture Mission, Government of India. The seminar was Inaugurated by Honorable Minister of State for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India Professor Shri K V Thomas. The function was Chaired by Executive Director of CWRDM Professor Dr. K V Jayakumar. Director Dr M Tamil Selvan, Directorate of Arecanut and Spices development, Ministry of agriculture, Government of India, Kozhikode welcomed the gathering. Dr V A Parthasarathy, Director, Indian institute of Spices felicitated the function and Shri Babu Mathew, Scientist, CWRDM expressed vote of thanks. Delegates from Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala participated in the seminar. It was divided into six sessions namely
1 Technical Session I(A)- LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT
The Chairman of the session was Dr Tamil Selvan, Co-Chairman Dr N K Joseph and Rapporteur was Shri R Gopakumar. In this session about nine papers were presented including the lead paper 'Soil, water and input management for increasing spices production' which was presented by Dr V A Parthasarathy
2 Technical Session I(B)- LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT
The Chairman of the session was Dr A K Sadanandan, Co-Chairman Dr N Narasimha Prasad and Rapporteur was Dr A B Anitha. In this session also about nine papers were presented with lead paper on 'Integrated Nutrient and Water Management for sustainable Spice production' was presented by Dr A K Sadanandan
3. Technical Session II-VARITAL IMPROVEMENT AND PLANT PROTECTION
The Chairman of the session was Dr M Anandaraj and Co-Chairman was Dr Kamalam Joseph and Rapporteur was Dr T K Jalaja. In this session two lead papers and 9 papers were presented. The lead paper 'Plant Protection Measures for enhanced productivity of Spices' was presented by Dr M Anandaraj and the second lead paper 'Spices varities and Varital Improvements for changing land, water and crop envirornment' was presented by Dr K M Kuruvilla
4. Technical Session III-CROP MANAGEMENT
The Chairman of the session was Dr K V Peter and Co-Chairman was Dr E J Joseph and Rapporteur was Shri George mammen. In this session also two lead papers and 9 papers presented. The first lead paper 'Enhanced productivity linkd to higher farm gate price to spice farmers' was presented by Dr K V Peter and the other lead paper 'Cropwater Requirements Estimation Methods' was presented by Dr S Mohan.
5. Technical Session IV was the farmers meet and Technical session V was Panel discussion and lastly Valedictory session
About 150 delegates participated in the function
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1 Technical Session I(A)- LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT
The Chairman of the session was Dr Tamil Selvan, Co-Chairman Dr N K Joseph and Rapporteur was Shri R Gopakumar. In this session about nine papers were presented including the lead paper 'Soil, water and input management for increasing spices production' which was presented by Dr V A Parthasarathy
2 Technical Session I(B)- LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT
The Chairman of the session was Dr A K Sadanandan, Co-Chairman Dr N Narasimha Prasad and Rapporteur was Dr A B Anitha. In this session also about nine papers were presented with lead paper on 'Integrated Nutrient and Water Management for sustainable Spice production' was presented by Dr A K Sadanandan
3. Technical Session II-VARITAL IMPROVEMENT AND PLANT PROTECTION
The Chairman of the session was Dr M Anandaraj and Co-Chairman was Dr Kamalam Joseph and Rapporteur was Dr T K Jalaja. In this session two lead papers and 9 papers were presented. The lead paper 'Plant Protection Measures for enhanced productivity of Spices' was presented by Dr M Anandaraj and the second lead paper 'Spices varities and Varital Improvements for changing land, water and crop envirornment' was presented by Dr K M Kuruvilla
4. Technical Session III-CROP MANAGEMENT
The Chairman of the session was Dr K V Peter and Co-Chairman was Dr E J Joseph and Rapporteur was Shri George mammen. In this session also two lead papers and 9 papers presented. The first lead paper 'Enhanced productivity linkd to higher farm gate price to spice farmers' was presented by Dr K V Peter and the other lead paper 'Cropwater Requirements Estimation Methods' was presented by Dr S Mohan.
5. Technical Session IV was the farmers meet and Technical session V was Panel discussion and lastly Valedictory session
About 150 delegates participated in the function
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