Announcement
Venue of Training: State Training Center for Organic Farming, Majkhali (Ranikhet), Almora
Duration: 3 –days
Batch Size: 25
Last Date 15 June 2011
Who should Participate: Executives, Extension workers, other stakeholders, Institutions, Govt. Departments, Farmers, students, and Individuals.
Language: Hindi
Training Fees: Rs. 2610/ participant (Demand draft of Payment will be made as advance in favor of Secretary, Uttarakhand Organic Commodity Board payable at Dehradun).
Training Aim: The training envisages developing the conceptual understanding of participants on organic farming with major focus on production, certification and marketing.
Expected Output
1. Participants will be able to differentiate clearly between traditional, organic and conventional methods on their farms.
2. will have a clear understanding of the principles and standards of organic farming.
3. will be able to practice different technologies of organic farming at their own farm.
4. Equip to critically analyse the approaches and methods of conversion and will be able to chalk out conversion plan for their farm/village/project or work area.
5. will be able to understand the relevance of documentation for certification and can get started.
6. will be able to identify organic markets and are aware of potential of specific commodities in the markets.
Application forms may be obtained and should be sent to the following addresses:
Uttarakhand Organic Commodity Board, State Training Centre for Organic Farming
201/1, Vasant Vihar, Majkhali (Ranikhet),
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) Almora (Uttarakhand)
Contact Person: D.S. Negi, Training Coordinator (05966-240393, 9411142987)
Amit srivastava, Technical manager (0135-2760770)
For further details kindly visit our website - www.organicuttarakhand.org
