KVK Senapati wins top honour
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Senapati, November 17 2013:
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Senapati (Farm Science Centre), Henbung, which is located about 50 km north of Imphal, has bagged the Best KVK Award 2012, becoming the first to receive the illustrious award among 78 KVKs in North Eastern states of India.
The award was presented during an award distribution ceremony recently held at UAS, Bangalore.
The award consists of a cheque of Rs 5 lakh and a citation.
KVK Senapati has been conferred the award in recognition of its outstanding works in demonstrating artificial insemination in pig, emu and turkey rearing technology, kiwi plantation, automatic weather station, solar operated micro-irrigation system to increase water use efficiency, geo-spatial database for medicinal plants, soil and water conservation, food processing and appropriate technologies like mushroom cultivation/piggery for improvement of socio-economic improvement of women by converting the synergy of different funding agencies.
A centre for orchid conservation of Eastern Regional Himalayas with the support of Directorate of Science and Technology, Government of India has also been established in the KVK campus that works on hybridization and tissue culture multiplication of orchids for the benefit of the flower growers.
During the last three years, germplasm of 280 species belonging to 65 genera were collected by Orchid Research and Development, Henbung from eastern Himalayan and Indo-Burmese megabiodiversity regions and conserved ex situ in two orchidaria with 15, 000 accessions.
In an area of 250 acre, germplasm of 62 species belonging to 65 genera with 3, 700 accessions are being conserved under forest canopy.
Seven new species of orchid were discovered by the centre recently.
Apart from orchid discoveries, a species of sapria (rafflesiceae) was discovered from Manipur.
Talking to the media, Haokholet Kipgen, president, FEEDS/KVK Senapati said the KVK Senapati has been awarded the Best KVK Award 2012 because of the immense contribution made by the media in highlighting the activities of the centre.
He also said the honour given to the KVK Senapati will certainly encourage other KVKs in Manipur in their works and expressed confidence that they will also get many regional and national awards in future.