{"id":59229,"date":"2019-02-05T01:12:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=59229"},"modified":"2019-02-05T01:12:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:42:10","slug":"trg-on-low-cost-rural-technologies-imparted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/02\/05\/trg-on-low-cost-rural-technologies-imparted\/","title":{"rendered":"Trg on low-cost rural technologies imparted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, Feb 4:<\/strong> The Northeast regional centre (NERC) of the GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) organised a training programme on &#8216;low-cost rural technologies&#8217; at the GBPNIHESD-NERC&#8217;s rural technology centre at Dera Natung Government College (DNGC) here on 4 February.<br \/>\nAddressing the participants, DNGC Principal Dr NT Rikam urged the students to learn rural technology &#8220;and apply it at individual levels as well as commercial levels for the benefit of local communities.&#8221;<br \/>\nGBPNIHESD-NERC scientist Dr KS Kanwal spoke on environmental and socioeconomic benefits of low-cost rural technologies, with examples of sustainable utilization of bamboo in sectors like food industry, construction, handicrafts, etc, which, Kanwal said, &#8220;can become a major source of income in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.&#8221;<br \/>\nGBPNIHESD-NERC scientist (in-charge) MS Lodhi gave a lecture on rural technologies, while DNGC Associate Professor (Zoology) Dr P Nanda advised the participants to &#8220;understand multidisciplinary aspects of agricultural ecology to manage it in the most sustainable way.&#8221;<br \/>\nDNGC Associate Professor (Botany) Amum Tamuk also gave her inputs.<br \/>\nLater, a field demonstration and hands-on training in low-cost technologies like vermin-composting, bio-briquette, plastic film technology, etc, was held for the participants. The applications of an automatic weather station were also demonstrated.<br \/>\nThe programme was attended by 40 participants, including students and faculty members of the college&#8217;s botany and zoology departments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Feb 4: The Northeast regional centre (NERC) of the GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) organised a training programme on &#8216;low-cost rural technologies&#8217; at the GBPNIHESD-NERC&#8217;s rural technology centre at Dera Natung Government College (DNGC) here on 4 February. Addressing the participants, DNGC Principal Dr NT Rikam urged 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-59229","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\/59229","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=59229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}