CAbC News Room
Two days Wayanad Community Seed Fest from 10-11th March 2023 highlighted the agricultural heritage of Wayanad as well as discussed the current issues related with tribal health & nutrition and the role of millets & underutilized crops for nutritional security. … Continued
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, under the CSR project of HDFC bank Parivartan provided support for the smart school with science lab at Govt Modal Higher Secondary School Cheeral, and Govt Higher Secondary School Appara in Nenmeni Panchayath, Wayanad District. … Continued
HDFC Bank CSR programme, Parivartan implemented by M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation planted 150 fruit trees along the Pazhamthodu lake, Koduvazhanga of Alangad village. The activity contributes to one of the goals of Parivartan, a step towards carbon neutrality.’ The … Continued
Centre receives accolade for Exhibition at Kerala Science congress and Kerala State Biodiversity Congress 2023. MSSRF CAbC received Ist Prize for the Best stall under NGO category at the 35th Kerala Science Congress held at Idukki, Kerala organized by KSCSTE. … Continued
A three-week-long training program on the use of agricultural machinery and repair of breakdowns was conducted at MSSRF CAbC. The training program was organized exclusively for SC and ST communities and enabled the trainees to operate and repair more than … Continued
A life dedicated to conserving the traditional rice varieties and landraces has been awarded Padmasree. Cheruvayal Raman is a tribal farmer from the Kurichya tribal community. He made significant contributions to protect the traditional rice varieties and as many as … Continued
One Week Short Course on Biodiversity 17-01-2023 to 24-01-2023 Community Agrobiodiversity Centre (CAbC), M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Wayanad with the support of Kerala State Council for Science & Technology organized a ‘One Week Short Course on Biodiversity’ for graduate … Continued
Mr. Jithin M. M., Development Coordinator, MSSRF successfully defended his doctoral thesis at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. He completed his doctoral research from the University of Madras in Biodiversity Conservation under the supervision of Dr N Anilkumar. In … Continued
Community Agrobiodiversity Centre of M S Swaminathan Research Foundation participated at the Poopoli 2023: International Flower Fest from January 1st to 15th 2023. The main theme for the stall representation was on Rare Endemic & Threatened (RET) tree species of … Continued
A new species of parasitic plant belonging to the genus Christisonia has been discovered from Paithalmala in Kannur district. The scientific name Christisonia flavirubens has been given to the new plant that grows on the roots of plants belonging to … Continued