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Staff changes at RCSA

Currently, hosting two International, seven national scientific staff in addition to three national support staff

New staff

Dr. Sameena Sheikh joined as Post Doc. on 23 Nov., 2009 under BMZ/GTZ tomato heat and drought tolerant project

Ms. Claire Barnes Runquist, World Food Prize Summer Intern was placed at AVRDC-RCSA for two months from 12 June, 2010

Dr. Ramakrishnan Nair, Legume Breeder, joined AVRDC-RCSA on 26 July, 2010

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Ms. Bhawna Pandey Technical officer, AVRDC-SRTTproject was relieved on 31 May, 2010 to join as Post Doc at IARI

Dr. Simone Kathrin Kriesemer, Research Associate (Socioeconomics)/Post Doc transferred to AVRDC HQs from 28 June, 2010

Dr. C. Triveni, Post Doc, AVRDC-SRTT project, completed 2 yrs contract and was relieved on 15 October, 2010

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MoU’s

MoU between AVRDC and Department of Horticulture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, India signed on 20 April.

Lateral Collaborative Agreement between AVRDC and RGR cell, Punjab and CInI cell, Jharkhand for undertaking the activities under AVRDC-SRTT project signed in June, 2010.

Discussions held concerning the logistics for signing the MoU; the MoU is at the final stage with the Ministry of Agriculture, Sri Lanka.

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Global legume breeding program

AVRDC’s legume program re-located from the HQs to AVRDC-RCSA

Dr. Ramakrishnan Nair, appointed to lead the program

Mungbean, vegetable soybean and cowpea will be the priority crops

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Ongoing programs/projects at RCSA

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AVRDC-SRTT project: ““Improving vegetable production Improving vegetable production and consumption for sustainable rural livelihoodand consumption for sustainable rural livelihoods in s in Jharkhand and Punjab, IndiaJharkhand and Punjab, India”” (April(April’’ 08 08 –– MarchMarch’’ 13)13)

Year 3 review and planning meetings

– Punjab26 -27 April, 1065 participants

– Jharkhand29-30 April, 1025 participants

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• 565 farmers participatory demonstration trials conducted

• Out of 95 lines/varieties contributed by AVRDC, NARS& private sector, 31 superior varieties identified and demonstrated in year 2

• In year 3, 22 promising varieties are being demonstrated at 9000 farmers fields Crop Varieties No. of field demonstrations

Tomato (5) Swarna Sampada, Lakshmi, NS 4032, MHTM 256, WVCT 13 2710

Eggplant (3) Swarna Pratibha, Hyb. No. 305, Hyb. No. 041 610

Okra (3) Saarika, Hyb. No-10, Sonal 1650

Cowpea (4) Sel.1, Se.3, HACP-44, Kashi Kanchan 1100

Bottle gourd (3) Warad, F1 GSH-2, Kaveri 1225

Garden pea (4) Pb-89, PE-6, GHS 10, Swarna Tripti 1775

Superior varieties identified and demonstrated: Jharkhand

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Varieties resistant to major pests selected : Jharkhand

Being demonstrated at 4900 farmers fields

Hyb No. 038

Crop Resistant varieties

Eggplant (16)Bacterial wilt resistance

Hyb. No. 038, Hyb. No. 305

Tomato (19)Bacterial wilt resistance

NS 4032, Lakshmi, SwarnaSampada, WVCT 13

Okra (10)YVMV resistance Saarika, Hybrid No. 10, Sonal,

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WVCT 13

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Vegetable soybean promotion in Jharkhand

• Swarna Vasundhara (AVRDC line GC89009-1-1-2); farmers field demonstrations increased from initial 60 to 3400

• 2.5 t seed produced and distributed

• Four AVRDC vegetable soybean lines (AGS-339, 357, 380, 406) found promising for further demonstrations

S. No. Partners No. of farmers2009 2010

1. PRADAN 500 15002. NBJK 80 1003. KGVK 50 2004. BASIX 100 10005. NEEDS 20 1006. AoL 507. Others 50

Total 750 3000

Highlights

Basmati vegetable soybean lines evaluated; AGS 447, 456, 457, 458, 461 and are early

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Double door system

New net-house design for Punjab farmers

• Constructed on farmer’s fields along with at PAU and RCSA

New design: more stronger and stable than old design

New design Old design

• Stronger foundation and structure; hoops are W & M shaped: provides cross support for longer life -25 years (shifting after every 4-5 yrs)

• Clamps & clips avoid damage to the net caused by nut-bolts/welding

• Vertical net stitching reduce the pressure to avoid net- tearing

• Poly grip assembly used to fix net, poly sheet and green shade

• Double door: one door open at a time, which prevents insect entry in the net-house

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– Evaluated 123 varieties of 10 vegetables in 84 net-house trials

– 18 varieties of 9 vegetables demonstrated in 72 trials at farmers net-houses in year 2

– In year 3, 21 selected varieties of 9 vegetables being demonstrated under 300 farmers net-house trials

Preference Crop Promising varieties identified

Most preferred crops (6 crops, 15 var. )

Tomato (4) HS-18, TAI 687, TA-778, G600

Capsicum (2) Bharat, Indira

Cucumber (2) Isatis, Kian

French bean (3) Contender, Cosmo, Falguni

Coriander (2) Caribee, Punjab Sugandh

Spinach (2) Punjab Green, Delta

Optional crops

(3 crops, 6 var.)

Early cauliflower (2) Amazing, Deepa

Brinjal (2) Sandhya, BH-2

Okra (2) OH- 152, Hyb. No-10

Superior varieties for net-house identified and demonstrated: Punjab

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AVRDC diseases and pests resistant lines introduced and evaluated: Punjab

• Field validation of 10 multiple ToLCV resistant lines (Ty 1, -2, -3 genes) and 8 late blight resistant lines (Ph 1, -2, -3 genes) conducted

New resistant material (13 tomato, 1 eggplant and 2 capsicum) introduced for evaluation this year

Crop Resistance for Accessions

Tomato (3) Root knot nematode L00272, L00274, L00094

Tomato (10) Tomato Leaf Curl Viruses (ToLCV)

CLN3022F2-37-8-1, CLN3022F2-37-29-8-0CLN3010F2-76-9-13-0, CLN3022F2-138-6-2-0CLN3022F2-138-6-7-0, CLN3024F2-104-48-1-0CLN3022F2-154-11-11-0, CLN3022F2-154-22-5-0CLN3008F2-132-17-10-0, CLN2777F-18-9

Eggplant (1) Fruit & shoot borer S00811

Capsicum (2) Root knot nematode C00226, PP237-7502

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Cropping sequences for net-house: Punjab

Finalized cropping sequences1 Capsicum (Oct.-June) Coriander/Spinach (July-Sept)

2 Tomato (Oct-April) Fallow (May-June) Spinach (July-Sept.)

3 Capsicum (Oct-April) Fallow (May-June) Coriander (July-Sept.)

4 Cucumber (Oct.-April) Fallow (May-June) Coriander/Spinach (July-Sept)

5 French bean (Oct.-April) Fallow (May-June) Coriander/Spinach (July-Sept)

Additional cropping sequences for on-station trials1 Okra (Feb-June) Vacant (June-July) Cucumber (Aug-Oct) Toria (Oct-Jan)

2 Cucumber (Nov-Mid March)

Coriander(Mid March-July)

Cucumber (Mid July-Nov)

3 Tomato (July-Dec.) Spinach (Feb-June)4 Brinjal (Oct- June) Vacant (July) Cucumber (Aug- Oct.)

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• SML 668 demonstrated in 50 farmers fields (0.4 ha each)• SML 832 demonstrated in 300 demonstration trials in Punjab

• Seed produced: 55 t of SML 668 0.8 t of SML 832

Short duration mungbean promotion in Punjab

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Healthy seedling production technology validated

Jharkhand: For tomato and eggplant using AVRDC media (compost, rice hull/husk and sand in 3:1:1 ratio) demonstrated at 80 farmers fields

Punjab: For tomato using AVRDC media (cocopeat: vermiculite: perlite in 3:1:1 ratio) under 10 farmers net-houses

Results

Good and uniform seed germination 60-80% less wilt and viral disease incidence 50-60% more yield

Compost : sand : rice husk

AVRDC healthy seedling production technology for tomato,

capsicum and eggplant

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• Validated for tomato and capsicum in Punjab:

• 60kg N as basal dose and liquid fertilizer 4.8 Kg each of NPK/ha) application at time of transplanting and 3, 6, 9 and 12 weeks after transplanting

• Saves 53kg (39%) of Nitrogen against recommended 137 kg/ha

Liquid fertilizer technology

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50 extension staff and farmers trained on “Plant health management under net-house production” in Punjab

64 technical staff from NARS, NGOs trained on “IPM & varietal evaluation” in Jharkhand

Technology dissemination: Special skill courses

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Technology dissemination: One day trainings -Jharkhand

636 farmers and field executives trained in 41 trainings on pest identification, IPM and vegetable production

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Technology dissemination: Farmers’ field days

• Mungbean: 5 farmers field days organized jointly with PAU; more than 1000 farmers participated

• Vegetable soybean field day: 400 participants including 350 farmers participated

• 5 field days, one each on tomato, okra, cowpea, bottle gourd and garden pea; 168 farmers participated

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Home gardens at farmers’ fields

Jharkhand

• Punjab: 263

• Jharkhand: 985

Highlights

Fresh vegetables harvest per home garden ranges from

236-319 kg in Punjab 251-287 kg in Jharkhand

Healthy diet gardening kit developed

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Jharkhand: 23 crops in 13 sequencesHome garden models finalized

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Punjab 27 crops in 13 sequences

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Nutritional yield per home garden

Protein (g) Beta Carotene (mg)

Vit C (mg) Iron (mg)

RDA for a family of 4 7287.5 3212 58400 38142.5

Jharkhand Nutritional yield / year 5348.5 3898 96819.7 9012.3

% RDA met 73.4 121.4 165.8 23.63

Punjab Nutritional yield / year 5205.1 5119 96.0 6142.7

% RDA met 71.4 159.4 164.4 16.1

• Models met >100% of beta carotene and Vit. C requirements

• Met nearly 3/4th of protein and 1/4th - 1/5th of iron requirements• Leafy and legume vegetables campaign undertaken • Nutritional rich recipes and food processing methods for improving

iron and protein bioavailability being suggested

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Jharkhand: 30 recipes developed

Bottle gourd kheer Brinjal curry Kankong mung da

Methi parantha Mix chutny Mix veg

Bean carrot fried Beans fugath Kangkong stir Fried bhindi with Vegetable jalfrezi Spinach raita Sponge gourd

fry with potato potato fingers in milky gravy

Paneer capsicum fry Soury bittergourd Spinach cucuChilli carrot chutney Ridge gourd masala Fenugreek leaves Basella wth buttermilk with potato in yoghurt

Cowpea pumpkin soup Lablab amaranthus fry Radish curd salad Vege. corn curd salad Tomato mung chutney

Amaranthus Puffed rice with Vegetable corn salad Vermicelli with curd Cowpea curry

radish with dal mixed vegetables and vegetables

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Punjab: 28 recipes developed

Capsicum koftas Channa baingan Malai methi Fried bhindi with

potato fingers

Stuffed karela Vegetable kofta Vegetable Jalfrezi Stuffed squash melon in spinach gravy

Mattar malai methi Mixed vegetables Soury bitter gourd Stuffed ladies finger

Creamy bottle gourd Vegetable biryani Vegetable nutrilla Sponge gourd in milky gravy

Vegetable tikki Vegetable pura Masala vegetable snack

Crunchy pea Crispy brinjal Vegetable rolls

Vegetable pakodas Cream salad Curd salad

Vegetable bean salad Onion cucumber tomato raita Mix veg soup

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17 senior trainers from Punjab and Jharkhand including partner NGOs, trained at PAU, Punjab, Sept. 29 to Oct 1, 2010

31 participants trained at BAU, Jharkhand on March 22-23, 2010

1371 NGOs and farmers trained in 49 one day trainings cum demonstration, nutrition awareness programs in Jharkhand and Punjab

Capacity building: home gardening and nutrition awareness

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Project outreach

About 6000 farmers in Punjab and 7000 farmers in Jharkhand directly benefited from the project activities in year 2

This year, number expected to reach about 15,000 in Punjab and 25,000 in Jharkhand

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GTZ/BMZ project “Genetic, physiological, and molecular approaches to improve drought and heat tolerance of tropical tomato”

(Cont……)

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• Year 3 project planning meeting at AVRDC HQs on April 7 and 8.

• Trials at AVRDC-ICRISAT

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Field screening: 151 entries evaluated

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Best lines/parents identified for drought stress based on average fruit weight and number of fruits/plantCLN2585D

CLN2498E x CA4

CLN2498E

CLN2026D x CA4

CLN1621L x CA4

DT-CLN2498E/LA1579-BC1F4-2

Control Drought stress

Dry down/ reproductive stage experiment

Promising lines identified based on minimum % fruit yield reduction over control

CA1CA4CL 5915-93D4-1-0-3CLN 1621L/ CA4

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AVRDC-PAU Mungbean project• Popularization of extra short duration mungbean cultivars for poverty

alleviation and improved nutrition in Bihar, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Tamil Nadu, India based on Punjab model- Year III (March, 08 to August, 2010)

(Cont……)

Highlights

• SML 668 demonstrated in 50 farmers fields of 0.4 ha each• SML 832 demonstrated in 300 demonstration trials in 11

districts of Punjab• Five field days on summer mungbean organized; attended

by more than 1000 farmers

• 38 new AVRDC mungbean lines introduced

• Seed produced: 55 t of SML 668 0.8 t of SML 832

AVRDC line SML 668 promotedA new variety of summer mungbean SML 832, released for cultivation in Punjab

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SML 668: A success in South AsiaSML 668: A success in South Asia

•Farmers earning 650 US$/ha •With in 60-65 days farmers could:

• save US$50 for tillage • save 30% irrigation water and 25% N fertilizer

• Area under Mungbean varieties developed using AVRDC lines• Bangladesh- 70,000 ha• Nepal- 12,000 ha• Pakistan- 247,000 ha• India- 1,000,000 ha

• Since 2005, organized 31 field days, 2800 field demonstrations

• 6200 farmers and extension specialists participated

Seed production location (India)

Production (t)(2005 to 10)

PAU, Ludhiana 483

Seed Village Program 881

Farmers field seed production

>15,500

During 2008-09: Rajasthan State Seed Corporation and National Seed Corporation produced 1560 t seed of SML 668

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World food prize intern

• Ms. Claire Barnes Runquist, World Food Prize Summer Intern trained on “Home gardening and nutrition” under the guidance of RCSA’s home gardening team (June –August, 2010).

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• 28 participants from partner NARS (Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and India), NGOs and private seed companies trained

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Regional trainings/ workshops and field visits

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Training workshop on home gardening

• 25 scientists, extension officers, nutritionists, and NGOs staff from Punjab, Jharkhand and Bhutan participated

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Strengthening capacity of RCSA Staff

• Mr. O.S. Tomar participated in the training on ‘Right diagnosis for right recommendation’ organized by CABI at Bangalore, 26-30 Oct., 2009

• RCSA staff trained on efficient time management, building self confidence, partnerships, efficient team work by Dr. Nagaraj on 16 December, 2009

• Dr. Satish Sain attended training on conservation and sustainable utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture at NBPGR, Hyderabad on 9 July, 2010

• Dr. Ramakrishnan Nair, participated in the learning program on ‘Application of molecular markers in vegetable and legume breeding’ at RCSA, 26-31 July, 2010

• Staff participated in the fire safety training program at ICRISAT

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International Conferences/symposia

• Conference on Agricultural Research for Development conducted by ADB in Bangkok to identify the priority agriculture and natural resource research agenda for the Asia-Pacific (30-31 Oct. 09)

• International Conference on Horticulture, Bangalore (9-12 Nov. 09)

– Paper- Contribution of vegetable crops to address poverty, hunger and malnutrition in South Asia

• International Horticultural Congress, Lisboa, Portugal (20-29 Aug. 10)

– Papers- Home gardens: an intervention for improved health and nutrition in selected states of India

– Promoting Safe Vegetable Production Technologies in Punjab and Jharkhand, India

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Regional ActivitiesRegional Activities

• Keynote address on “AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center’s role and future strategies for vegetable research and development in South Asia” at SAARC HQs to the NARES scientists and private sector

• Meetings with the Director (SAARC), Executive Chairman (BARC), DG (BARI) and Secretary Agriculture about the possibilities of developing a collaborative regional program on Indigenous Vegetables (IVs) (Feb. 16-18)

• Collaborative project proposal "Promoting the rational and balanced use of agricultural inputs in South Asia" being prepared for SAARC agriculture center under the initiatives for regional food security to be submitted to ADB

• Dr. Md. Shahidul Islam participated in the Regional learning program on application of molecular markers in vegetables and legumes breeding

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Bhutan

• Eight officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan visited RCSA on May 13 to get acquainted with AVRDC & its activities in South Asia

• Mr. Pema Wangchuk participated in the 4th Regional Learning program on application of molecular markers in vegetables and legumes breeding

• Training cum study visit on home gardening organized for 8 participants from Department of Agriculture, Bhutan; participants visited Jharkhand, IARI, Punjab and RCSA from 25 Sept. -5 Oct.

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MoU between AVRDC and Ministry of Agriculture being finalized; discussion with Chairman and Executive Director, CARP, the Hon. Minister and Secretary Agriculture during my visit to Sri Lanka; 30 June-2 July, MOU awaiting cabinet approval.

Participated as the Guest of Honor in the Annual Symposium of Department of Agriculture (ASDA, 2010) - keynote address on “AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center: Vegetable R&D programs to alleviate poverty and malnutrition in South Asia” presented.

Met the Director General, IWMI along with Dr. Samad, Regional Director, South Asia to strengthen the collaboration in developing joint proposals and discussed the forthcoming visit of DG, AVRDCto Sri Lanka in early February

Dr. Fahim participated in the regional training on application of molecular marker

Sri Lanka

Regional Activities

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India

Regional Activities

• National conferences, brain storming sessions, winter schools and group meetings

─ National Conference on “Production of quality seeds and planting material- health management in horticultural crops”; presented a paper “Needs for quality seeds and planting material in vegetables-international scenario”.

─ 28th group meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Vegetable Crops at IIHR, Bangalore; Felicitated by DDG (Hort.) ICAR for contribution in R&D of vegetable crops.

─ Presented invited papers in Winter school at PAU & IARI─ Brain storming session on vegetable legumes at IIHR (11-12 Nov. 2010 )

─ Participated in the 4th Indian Horticulture Congress, New Delhi; presented paper on ‘AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center: Research and Development Interventions for Improved Livelihoods in Jharkhand, India” (Nov.18-21)

─ Elected Vice President, Indian Horticultural Society (2011-13) during its executive council meeting

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Project proposals• Study of the antidiabetic properties of Bitter gourd (Momordica

charantia)- BMZ/GTZ- one of the project partners

• Elucidation and validation of molecular mechanisms and their functional polymorphisms common to moisture, heat and salinity stress tolerance” (IIHR, AVRDC, NBPGR, IARI, OU, UAS Bangalore, TNAU). Submitted to National Fund for Basic, Strategic and Frontier Application Research in Agriculture (NFBSFARA) on 30 August 2010

• ICIS (International Crop Information System) AVRDC mungbean germplasm collection- submitted to ACIAR

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Publications

Published 1 Journal paper, 7 proceeding/conference papers, 2 book chapters and 1 case study on short duration mungbean

Highlights

Extension material published

Home gardening

Fact sheets:

Cultivation practices for vegetable soybean

Brochure

Published 1 AVRDC-RCSA brochure, 2 fact sheets and one cultivation hand out

Healthy seedling

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Theme meetings and resource exchange

- Theme Production: 18-20 October (Taiwan)- Theme Breeding: 25-28 October (Thailand); chaired

session on Commodity updates- Theme Consumption: 28 to 30 October (Thailand)

Half day class on home garden component during the 29th Regional Training Course (RTC), at the AVRDC –Regional Office for East and Southeast Asia on Oct. 22

Five HQs scientists served as resource persons in various training programs at RCSA

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Issues

Eight months delay in the receipt of project funds from Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT); not able to fix date for making the project presentation, creating concern among the partners

SRTT showing interest in Uttarakhand proposal.

Need to prioritize MoU with ICAR

RCSA account is handled by ICRISAT and entries in maconomy are made at the HQs; updates on the fund allocation and balances are not timely available on the system

Independent bank account for AVRDC-RCSA operation needs to be worked out for which ICAR consent is required

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AVRDC-RCSA self-generated fund is for sustaining RCSA activities, bridging the project gaps and not for routine expenses

Committed Post-Doctoral funds of GTZ/BMZ tomato heat and drought tolerance project not received from the HQs

Working collection germplasm storage facility need to be built

Second International Conference on Indigenous vegetables and legumes (IVs-2011/12)-location, venue, funds

International workshop on future strategies on mungbean R&D, 2011/12

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Thank You!!!Thank You!!!