CoRRB Seminar on Potato Production under Climate Change Environment in relation to a Healthy Seed Tuber Propagation

Bhutan Ministry of Agriculture , Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Correspondent :
This morning, May 31st 2010, a lecture and seminar was held on “Potato Production under Climate Change Environment in relation to a Healthy Seed Tuber Propagation”. The resource person (seen standing in picture on right) was Professor Kazuto Iwama, PhD, a Potato Scientist at the Laboratory of Field Crops Science, under the Research Faculty of Agriculture of Hakkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. The Seminar was organised by the Council for RNR Research of Bhutan (CoRRB).

Chairperson CoRRB Director, Dr. Tashi Samdup (extreme right) next to Mr. Dorji Dhradhul, Director, Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives (DAMC)

Dr. Tashi Samdup, Director of CoRRB chaired the seminar which included more than 25 participants from different agencies. Participants from National Plant Production Centre (NPPC), National Soil and Service Centre (NSSC), Resource and Development Centres of Bajothang, Jakar and Yusipang, National Organic Programme, Druk Seed Corporation and various media took part in the seminar (see picture below of the participants).

Mr. Karma Nidup, National Potato Programme Coordinator on extreme right

In his presentation, Professor Kazuto Iwama, explained about the adverse effects of climate change on crop production, especially on potato and the physiological characters for drought tolerance in potato. He also outlined about the importance of health seed tuber propagation in potato production. In his lecture he mentioned about the increasing potato cultivation in Asian countries, especially in China and India. However, he added, with the current global climate change circumstances potato productivity may decrease due to abiotic stresses such as heat and drought, and biotic stresses such as pests and diseases. He highlighted the importance of environmental assessments of the current potato fields in order to reduce the expected adverse effects on potato growth and yield by climate change, so as to be able to adapt to the cultivation area and season.

 
SOURCE : http://www.moa.gov.bt/moa/news/news_detail.php?id=1204
 


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