National conference concludes
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 19 2021:
The valedictory function of the 3 Day National Conference on Crop Protection for Sustainable Agriculture was held today at College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University (CAU) Iroisemba.
The conference was organised by CAU Imphal and ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR) Bengaluru.
The event was attended by Prof Pulok K Mukherjee, Director of IBSD, Prof R K Saha, Director(EE) CAU Imphal and Dr N Bakthavatsalam, director of ICAR-NBAIR Bengaluru among others.
Many prizes were presented during the function.
Speaking as the chief guest, Prof Pulok K Mukherjee said that the target of IBSD is striving for sustainable development of bioresources especially in North East India.
He also spoke about the many benefits of neem leaves which is one of the major components in traditional medicine and which is also used as a biopesticide.