More than 300 orange producers get training at IIM-Nagpur

More than 300 orange producers from Maharashtras Nagpur and Amravati districts were given training on increasing productivity dealing with climate change biotic stress and other issues at the Indian Institute of Management Nagpur IIMN an official said on TuesdayA daylong training programme on good agriculture practices was organised on November 5 by Maharashtra Agribusiness Network MAGNET in association with IIMN and Grant Thornton Bharat a release by the institute statedMore than 300 orange cultivators from Nagpur and Amravati districts attended the workshop held on the IIMN campusMAGNET is an Asian Development Bank ADB assisted project to strengthen the horticulture value chain in the state and Grant Thornton Bharat is its project implementation support consultantThe initiative is on a mission to train 30000 horticulturists across the stateKey horticulture experts and progressive orange growers provided guidance to the farmers on innovative ways to increase productivity climate change handling biotic stress technology adaption and implementationAlso Read Seva Dal functionary dies during Bharat Jodo Yatra in MaharashtraWhile explaining the idea behind conducting the training programme at IIMN the ADBs executive director Sameer Khare said MAGNET decided to tie up with institutes of national repute for capacity building and exchange of knowledge in a more effective manner With various institutes involved in the process knowledge sharing becomes easier under various government projectsKhare appreciated the state governments decision to assign IIMN for the projectAdditional chief secretary cooperation and marketing Maharashtra Anoop Kuma said The ADB will provide loans to promote agribusiness network and boost incomes across the state The project is expected to benefit 200000 farmersWhile addressing farmers executive director ADB Chantale Wong showed keen interest in soil issues and climate changeShe pointed out that overuse of fertilisers pesticides along with climate change have increasingly started impacting the world the release saidToday migration from rural to urban India is the biggest issue Smart agriculture is going to play a very important role in the development of our country country director ADB Dr Bhimraya Metri saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever