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TNAU to offer certificate courses through ODL mode

EMPOWERING FARMERS: P. Santhanakrishnan, Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (second left) exchanging an MoU with K.J. Jacob, Managing Director, Agro-Biotech Research Centre Limited, Kerala (second right), at the university premises in Coimbatore.

COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has inked a memorandum of understanding with Agro-Biotech Research Centre Limited, Kottayam, Kerala, here recently.

The MoU signed by P. Santhanakrishnan, Registrar of TNAU, and K.J. Jacob, Managing Director, Agro-Biotech Research Centre Limited, envisages designing and organising need-based certificate courses related to bio-fertilizers and bio-control agents, to be offered in the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode.

As an outcome of the MoU, the following courses are on the anvil – production of bio-fertilizers and bio-control agents, integrated nutrient management, integrated pest management, organic farming, and basic and applied agriculture techniques for crops, viz., rubber, coconut, vegetables, spices and paddy.

The proposed courses will be offered in English and Malayalam for six months.

A course fee of Rs. 3,000 would be collected from every participant.

For the first course, applicants should have completed Plus-Two.

For others, the minimum qualification is a pass in Standard VI.

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