TN Agriculture University wins ICAR award on organic farming

The Department of Sustainable Organic Agriculture of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has bagged the award for the best centre for Network Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) for the year 2015-16, from the ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems and Research.
The award was in recognition of better performance, which includes successful experimentation, publications, identification of rice varieties for organic farming and implementation of all programmes of Tribal Sub Plan among 20 ICAR-Network Project Centres across India, a TNAU release said today.
The award was presented by Rajasthan Agricultural University Vice Chancellor, Balraj Singh, at the 11th Annual Group Meeting held recently at Indian Institute of Soil Science in Bhopal, it added.