{"id":57830,"date":"2019-01-20T00:42:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T19:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=57830"},"modified":"2019-01-20T00:42:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T19:12:50","slug":"trg-on-cultivation-of-aromatic-crops-imparted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/01\/20\/trg-on-cultivation-of-aromatic-crops-imparted\/","title":{"rendered":"Trg on cultivation of aromatic crops imparted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>KALAKTANG, Jan 19:<\/strong> Hundreds of farmers, youths and SHG members of West Kameng district took part in a three-day capacity building programme on &#8216;Cultivation, processing, value-chain and marketing of high value medicinal and aromatic plants for rural prosperity&#8217; jointly organized here by Tezpur University (TU), Jammu CSIR-IIIM, Palampur CSIR-IHBT and Lucknow CSIR-CIMAP recently.<br \/>\nDuring the programme, which concluded on Saturday, TU assistant professor Dr Nima D Namsa said Arunachal Pradesh could become a hub for aromatic and medicinal plants &#8220;with strategic scientific intervention and assistance from central and state governments, due to availability of fertile lands with appropriate agro-climatic conditions.&#8221;<br \/>\nFormer minister RK Khrimey also motivated the farmers to adopt cultivation of medicinal and aromatic crops &#8220;as the region has climatic conditions similar to Himachal Pradesh and Jammu &amp; Kashmir.&#8221;<br \/>\nPalampur CSIR-IHBT principal scientist Dr Rakesh Kumar made a PowerPoint presentation on &#8216;agro-process technologies of aromatic damask rose, rosemary and wild marigold&#8217; suitable for farmers of this region, while Jammu CSIR-IIIM scientist Dr VP Rahul spoke on the agro-process technology of improved variety of lavender and clary sage, and value-addition of essential oils produced by farmers with technical know-how and support from CSIR laboratories and TU.<br \/>\nJammu CSIR-IIIM&#8217;s senior technical officer Dr SR Meena dwelt on the agro-process of improved variety of subtropical aromatic crops such as lemongrass, rosa grass, ocimum, mint species and Jammu monarda, which can be replicated in Arunachal.<br \/>\nLucknow CSIR-CIMAP consultant Israr Ali delivered a talk on cultivation and processing of scented geranium, rose, clary sage and citronella, which can help in doubling the income of farmers with small land holdings.<br \/>\nLater, a field visit and survey, along with demonstrations were organized for the participants.<br \/>\nThe participating laboratories mutually agreed to provide quality planting materials to the beneficiaries identified under the CSIR&#8217;s &#8216;Aroma Mission&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KALAKTANG, Jan 19: Hundreds of farmers, youths and SHG members of West Kameng district took part in a three-day capacity building programme on &#8216;Cultivation, processing, value-chain and marketing of high value medicinal and aromatic plants for rural prosperity&#8217; jointly organized here by Tezpur University (TU), Jammu CSIR-IIIM, Palampur CSIR-IHBT and Lucknow CSIR-CIMAP recently. During the [&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-57830","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\/57830","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=57830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}