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Thursday, Nov 04, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

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ICRISAT bags two awards

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, NOV. 3. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has won two awards at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) held at Mexico City between October 25 and 29.

ICRISAT was part of the consortium that won the King Baudouin Award for collaborative research work with the Rice-

Wheat Consortium for the Indo- Gangetic Plains. This is the fourth time that the ICRISAT won the award, the earlier ones being in the years 1996, 1998 and 2002, according to a press release.

Young Scientist award

For the second consecutive year, ICRISAT also won the CGIAR Young Scientist Award. P. Lava Kumar of the ICRISAT and an alumnus of the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, has been chosen for the award.

Dr. Kumar had investigated pigeon pea sterility mosaic disease (SMD) that posed a serious threat to its production, leading to annual losses exceeding $ 300 million in India and Nepal alone.

William Dar, the Director General of ICRISAT, said the awards reflected the high- quality scientific research at the Institute. "The awards strengthen our resolve to encourage excellence in scientific research and partnerships with other international and national research institutions."

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