BBAU prof facilitates in setting up biofertilizer unit in Himachal
"I provided technical training to the staff of the Manav Vikas Sansthan, Himachal Pradesh, for the development of microbe-based biofertilizers. These biofertilizers have been successfully used over time to increase crop productivity in several villages of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand in an eco-friendly manner," said Arora.
He further said that, so far, the biofertilizers had been developed and supplied by BBAU to villagers in the three states under a project funded by DST-SEED, ministry of science and technology.
But now, with the establishment of the new unit and laboratory at Bilaspur, in collaboration with Manav Vikas Sansthan, production has begun in Himachal Pradesh.
"In the developed lab, biofertilizers involving microorganisms such as Trichoderma, Pseudomonas, and Bacillus, along with several other useful microbial strains, will be prepared. These important microbial strains were provided by me to the newly established biofertilizer unit," he added.
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