2-day annual research meet on forestry
With immense culinary demands in the hotel industry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has plans to undertake demonstrations of thornless bamboo variety, suitable for edible purposes, in different districts of the state.It was also proposed to develop 'business models' with trees specifically meant for energy, food, feed, fodder and timber purposes, which would serve as demonstration plots for the farmers, TNAU Vice-chancellor, Dr C Ramasamy said.Detailing on the thrust areas of research at a two-day annual research meet on forestry, which concluded last evening here, Ramasamy said that with expanding urban sector, this new commodity promised good scope for the farmers living in peri-urban areas for income generation.
However, the underlying condition was that the new models and technologies should be appropriately operationalised to suit the farmers' holdings considering their terms of farming, which basically aimed at income generation and easy adoptability.The university would initiate work to design 'recreational forestry park models,' which presently has much scope. It was also proposed to undertake projects related to sandal and red sanders, which were highly lucrative.Moreover, research on eucalyptus for use as 'biodrainage; in water-logged and effluent discharge areas was also a priority area, Ramasamy said.
