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Five-day Skill Development Programme for farmers, SHGs under CSIR Aroma Mission commenced at CSIR-IIIM

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July 16, 2025

CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu, organized a 'Five-Day Skill Development Training Programme' for farmers and Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under CSIR Aroma Mission Phase-III.

Five-day Skill Development Programme for farmers, SHGs under CSIR Aroma Mission commenced at CSIR-IIIM

The event was jointly inaugurated by Dr. Zabeer Ahmed, Director of CSIR-IIIM, Jammu, Dr. Sanjeev Khosla, Director, CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh and Dr. Sudesh Kumar Yadav, Director, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur at its experimental Farm Chatha, Jammu.

The programme is a part of the national-level mission being implemented by 11 CSIR laboratories, with CSIR-IIIM as the key institute known for Lavender cultivation.

More than 100 farmers including SHG of 40 women from Phalian Mandal, and old Satwari participated in the inaugural day.

The five-day programme will focus on various aspects of aromatic crop cultivation, value addition, distillation, processing, marketing, and entrepreneurship development.

Participants will be trained in techniques for product development and post-harvest processing, with a special emphasis on women-led innovation and rural enterprise.

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