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A webinar was organised by Community Resource Centre, Initiative of HDFC Bank -MSSRF Parivartan Programme on World Environment Day, 2021 to discuss and understand about Floods and Tidal waves caused by Climate Change. 10 rain gauges were distributed to cooperative … Continued
MSSRF to plant site-specific-plant species that belongs to Rare Endemic and Threatened (RET) category in the fallow lands. In an initiative, MSSRF has launched a special programme to green the fallow lands in the Wayanad district. Site-specific plant species that … Continued
Agricultural Innovations that have the right potential to solve a real-life issue or to make a novel understanding made the Rural Agriculture Meet (RAIM-2021) a unique one of its kind. The rural change-makers from all walks of life from all … Continued
An orientation programme on “Entrepreneurial opportunities focusing on Gulf Returnees, women and farmers in light of COVID-19 pandemic” was organized on 15-16th March 2021 at CAbC, Wayanad. The aim of the programme was to orient the participants towards entrepreneurial prospects … Continued
Community Agrobiodiversity Centre (CAbC), M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Wayanad in collaboration with Kerala State Council for Science & Technology organized a two day Awareness Programme for School Students on Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture & Climate Change held on 8-9 … Continued
N. Anil Kumar Banana (including plantain) is the world’s second topmost fruit in terms of production (116.78 metric ton in 2019) after tomato (technically it’s a fruit) followed by Watermelon (100.41 Mt) and Apples (87.24 Mt). In many low-income, food-deficit … Continued
MSSRF researcher Dr Merlin Lopus received Best Scientist’s paper award (Agriculture) in 33rd Kerala Science Congress (25th -30th January 2021). She is a KSCSTE- Post Doctoral Fellow at Community Agrobiodiversity Center-MSSRF Wayanad. She presented her work on the nutritional profile … Continued
Mr. Salim Pichan, an employee of MSSRF has won the Professional Photographer Award in Biodiversity Conclave of India International Science Festival 2020. He captured the photo of the mating of Indrella ampulla, a terrestrial snail which is also endemic to … Continued
World Fisheries Day has reminded us about sustainably managing fisheries resources and ecosystems. In Kerala, the day was observed by Pokkali farmers of Ernakulam for an interface with the faculties of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS).
M S Swaminathan Botanical Garden is proud to host our webinar series from November 28th onwards. The talks will be conducted bi-monthly on every second/fourth Saturdays. This will be a platform of knowledge sharing between researchers and the community. The … Continued