Mr. Sajen Peter, Chairman, Rubber Board will inaugurate the three day international workshop at Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), Kottayam on ‘Climate Change and Natural Rubber Cultivation: Research and Development Priorities’, jointly organised by Rubber Research Institute of India and International Rubber Research and Development Board (IRRDB). The IRRDB is an international organization for natural rubber research, head quartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dr. Abdul Aziz, Secretary General, IRRDB will preside over the inaugural function. After the inaugural session Prof. J. Sreenivasan (Indian Institute of Science, Banagalore) will deliver the keynote address on the subject Why should we worry about climate change. Following this Dr. Stephen V. Evans, Secretary General, International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) will deliver a special talk on Demand and Supply Relations in a Changing Climate. Dr. James Jacob, Director, RRII and Vice Chairman of the IRRDB will welcome the gathering and Dr. R. Krishna Kumar, Joint Director, RRII and IRRDB Liaison Officer for physiology group will propose vote of thanks.
The workshop is being conceived with the objectives to review how far climate has changed in the major natural rubber producing countries of the world, to examine how far climate change impacted growth and productivity of rubber, to assess future climate scenarios in natural rubber growing countries, to evolve research strategies for rubber cultivation in stressful environments, to evaluate the carbon dioxide sequestration potential of natural rubber holdings in different countries and to evaluate innovations in rubber processing and manufacturing industries for energy efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emission to mitigate climate changes.
Thirty one scientific papers will be presented in the workshop by the experts from the areas of physiology, agronomy, molecular biology, biotechnology, breeding, pathology, climatology, extension and planning. Dr. Abdul Aziz (Secretary General, IRRDB), Dr. Stephen V. Evans (Secretary General, IRSG), Dr. M. R. Sethuraj (Former Director, RRII),Dr. N. M. Mathew (Former Director, RRII) and Dr. K. Jayarathnam (Former Project Director) will moderate the discussions.
Dr. Nataraja Karaba (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore), Dr. M. Gopalakrishnan, (Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage, Thiruvananthapuram), Dr. P. Jambulingam (Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry), Dr. Suseelendra Desai (Central Research Institute for Dryland Agruiculture, Hyderabad) and Dr. Arup K. Chandra (Appolo Tyres, Baroda) will give special talks on climate change and its impact on the agricultural sector.
Representatives from Malaysia, Indonesia Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Cambodia and India will participate in the workshop.
Source: http://rubberboard.org.in/news.asp?id=270
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