Srinagar: The six-day training programme on ‘Conventional and Molecular Breeding Approaches for Crop Improvement under Changing Climatic Scenario’ concluded at the Sheri Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-K) on Saturday.
The event was attended by students and faculty of various agricultural universities across India to enlighten and review the diverse methodologies for crop breeding.
The training was organised by Dryland Agriculture Research Station-Srinagar of SKUAST-Kashmir and funded by National Agricultural Higher Education Project for Institutional Development of SKUAST-K. Around 533 participants had registered for this training programme which included students, scholars, faculty members, scientists and other officials from Agriculture Department. The participants were from different Agriculture Universities and ICAR Institutes spread across different states/ UT’s of the country. Besides some participants from countries like UAE,