The Tribal Sub Project on Quinoa began at Seed Technology Research Center here from Wednesday.
The project is being organised under Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University. On the occasion of this project, Chief Guest Pradeep Kumar Bisen was present.
While interacting with the audience, Bisen said that the food crop Quinoa is full of medicinal and nutritious properties. T is noteworthy that recently, agricultural scientists gave Madhya Pradesh the title of Soya State and in coming days in the guidance of agricultural scientists, the farmers would get excellent profit generation and in the future, State will be known by the name of Quinoa. The Project Coordinator, Chief Scientist GG Kattu of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi said that this new crop will prove to be a boon for farmers. This project has been started in seven districts of Madhya Pradesh which includes Krishi Vigyan Kendra Seoni, Mandla, Umaria, Dindori, Anuppur, Shahdol, Agriculture College, Balaghat. On the occasion OP Dubey, DN Shrivas, NK Bisen, Vishan Meshram, Vineeta Singh, Uttam Bissen, Nikhil Singh, Shekhar Singh Baghel, Sharad Bisen, SK Chaurasia, RM Ramrikrishnan, Radhey Shyam Sharma and Yogendra Singh were present. The programme was conducted by the Chief Scientist Kattu. Besides, Director Education SD Upadhyaya, Sharad Tiwari, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, RK Nema, RM Sahu, IPRO MA Khan, Head of Department AS Gondia were also present. Besides, Nidhi Pathak, K Monica and K Meghna Chaubey were present. Various delicious dishes prepared by Kanoba seed including Kheba Kheer, Yogurt, Pappad, Ladoo, Parate, Cheela, Pulao, Idli, Salad were exhibited and the dishes were prepared by Shweta Tiwari, Shiwangi Rahgadale, Renuka Shivvanshi, Deepika, Ragini and Nirmal Chhabda. Besides, products made up of Kanoba seed were also exhibited.