The Hindu Business Line : AP Chief Secretary to attend Icrisat Board meeting

THE State Chief Secretary, Dr Mohan Kanda, proposes to highlight the issues concerning the State at the 51st governing body meeting of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) to be held at Niamey in Niger next month.

Icrisat is closely involved with the AP Government in the execution of watershed programmes, bio-diesel plantations, development of wastelands and AP Rural Livelihood Project. The Chief Secretary is one of the three members from India in the 15-member Icrisat board.

Dr Kanda's decision to attend the three-day Icrisat Board meeting starting September 7 assumed added significance in the light of External Programme Review (EPR) of 2003 recommending far reaching changes in Icrisat's activities and focus areas.

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