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To facilitate a close cooperation between both the parties and would be a mile stone in the area of production of disease-free quality planting material Citrus in India

ICAR – Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur licensed and transferred its technology of ‘Containerised Nursery Propagation Technique to Produce Disease-Free Citrus Planting Material’ to M/s Shivar Nursery, Hatla, Taluka Katol, District Nagpur by signing a MoU. Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur and Prashant Wankhede, Managing Director, Shivar Nursery signed the MoU on the behalf of their respective organisations. This partnership is aimed to facilitate a close cooperation between both the parties and would be a mile stone in the area of production of disease-free quality planting material Citrus in India.

Ghosh informed that the technology of has been standardised by the Institute and is gaining popularity across Maharashtra and in other States as well. ICAR-CCRI is promoting the nursery production through PPP mode and till date has licensed this technology with nine (9) private nurseries across the country, considering the demand of various commercial citrus cultivars in India.

To facilitate a close cooperation between both

Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, urges farmers, stakeholders, beneficiaries to take maximum benefit of all technologies developed by the Institute.

ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur participated in the 13th Edition of AGROVISION – 2022, Central India’s largest Agri-summit held in Nagpur recently.

Inaugurating the Agri Exhibition, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh stresses the need for innovation and viable technologies in Agriculture to enhance the farmer’s income. The Government and Investors should work hand-in-hand for the prosperity of the farmers, he adds.

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Chief patron of the Mega event, puts emphasis that the farmers should adopt science and technology based solutions to their problems and also take the initiative in the production of bio-fuels and turn themselves from food suppliers to energy providers.

During the special workshop on citrus, Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, urged the farmers, stakeholders, beneficiaries to take maximum benefit of all the technologies developed by the Institute.

Citrus technologies, fruit samples and extension publications were exhibited and displayed in ICAR-CCRI stall. The exhibition witnessed a massive gathering of farmers, entrepreneurs, students etc. across the country who appreciated the Institutes exhibits and their displays. The exhibition gave a wider platform for commercialisation of the technologies and services and communicating to the key customers.

Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, urges farmers, stakeholders,