A three-day training programme on nursery and seed technology for school teachers, farmers, media persons and representatives of non governmental organisations was inaugurated at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) here on Tuesday.
According to the institute officials about 20 persons from NGOs, school teachers, farmers and media persons from Dehradun, Vikasnagar, Almora and Haryana are attending the programme.
Speaking on the occasion, FRI director Savita said that other than the forest department, school teachers, farmers, media persons and NGO representatives also need green skills for involvement in various plantation programmes at different levels. The training will provide scientific inputs on nursery, seed and plantations. Earlier, the course coordinator Manish Thapliyal gave detailed information about the course adding that more emphasis is being laid on practical exposure in nursery, seed and plantation activities.
The training module includes the techniques of seed dormancy pretreatments, seed storage, clonal propagation of bamboo and nursery techniques of important tree species.
The training lectures also include soil fertility management in nursery and plantations, afforestation of difficult sites and management of fungal and insect-pest diseases in nursery and plantations.