Varanasi :

Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR), organised a programme at Dahakudandi village of Chopan block of Sonabhadra district to celebrate the 85th foundation day of Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Wednesday.

According to IIVR spokesperson, the institute has adopted 1,000 tribal households in Chopan block of Sonbhadra district under Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) programme for improving nutritional and livelihood securities.

Vegetable kitchen garden packets, seeds of pigeon pea and saplings of fruit plants were distributed to the tribal households. Vegetable kitchen garden packets consisted of seeds of improved varieties of vegetables like Kashi Anmol (Chilli), Kashi Vishesh (Tomato), Kashi Taru (Brinjal), Kashi Pragati (Okra).

A ‘kisan gosthi’ was also organised on the occasion.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Varnasi / TNN / July 18th, 2014