{"id":277784,"date":"2026-02-10T00:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=277784"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:52:44","slug":"capacity-building-prog-on-bio-fortified-rice-varieties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/capacity-building-prog-on-bio-fortified-rice-varieties\/","title":{"rendered":"Capacity building prog on bio-fortified rice varieties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TAWANG, 9 Feb:<\/strong> A capacity building training and farmers&#8217; interaction programme on bio-fortified rice varieties was conducted here by the Tawang KVK, in collaboration with Hyderabad (Telangana)-based Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the technical sessions, the participating farmers were educated on bio-fortified rice varieties suitable for hilly regions, their nutritional benefits, and improved cultivation practices. A soil testing kit, distributed as part of the programme inputs, was demonstrated by resource persons from the IIRR, who explained its usage and practical application for on-farm soil testing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An interactive session followed, during which the farmers raised queries related to rice cultivation and other crops, which were addressed in detail by the experts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NABARD Tawang DDC Keertika Kashyap highlighted the ongoing and upcoming NABARD initiatives in the district, and informed that capacity-building programmes for farmers and rural communities are in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides the expert scientists, Tawang Green Farmers Producers Company chairperson Nawang Chonzom and Jambey Tenzin spoke on the importance of adopting improved agricultural technologies and strengthening farmer institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme concluded with input distribution, including bio-fortified rice seeds developed by the IIRR. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAWANG, 9 Feb: A capacity building training and farmers&#8217; interaction programme on bio-fortified rice varieties was conducted here by the Tawang KVK, in collaboration with Hyderabad (Telangana)-based Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), on Monday. During the technical sessions, the participating farmers were educated on bio-fortified rice varieties suitable for hilly regions, their nutritional benefits, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277786,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277784\/revisions\/277786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}