10th December 2023, Pune
The 14th foundation day of ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune was celebrated here today.
The Chief Guest, Dr. S.D. Sawant, Former Vice Chancellor, Dr.BSKKV, Dapoli, urged the floriculture farmers to innovate and promote the use of natural flowers and strongly advocated for the banning of plastic flowers in favor of promoting live flowers for rituals, events, and festivals.
The Guests of honour, Dr. Anil Khar Head, ICAR-IARI, Regional Station, Pune and Dr. Panchbhai, Dean, PDKV, Akola extended their congratulations to the DFR team for the foundation day celebrations.
Dr. K.V. Prasad, Director, ICAR-DFR highlighted the significant achievements of the Directorate of Floriculture during the last one year.
The dignitaries also released an awareness video on the “Blossom midge: Diagnosis and management in Tuberose”
As part of the celebrations a workshop on "Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Development in Floriculture: Focus on FPOs/Start-Up Formation" was organised.
A skill development session was conducted to demonstrate floral arrangement as an option of entrepreneurship for students, farmers, and rural youth.
More than 175 stakeholders participated in the celebration.
Participants visited the research plots having a wide diversity of varieties in crops like chrysanthemum (155), Rose (185), Tuberose (36), gladiolus (88), Aster (12) Jasmine (7), Pollinator friendly ornamentals (61), Dr.B.P.Pal National Repository of ornamental plants (75), lotus and aquatic plants (48).
(Source: ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune)
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