A training programme on “Sustainable Management of Soil and Water Conservation Interventions through FPO's and Institutional Arrangement” was organised during 01-03 November, 2023 at ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun. Twenty five (25) farmers of Hoshiarpur District of Punjab State were participated in the programme. Process of the organisation of FPO's functional aspects of FPO's and its sustainability, institutional arrangements and water user association, natural and organic farming interventions and importance of vegetative measures of soil and water conservation in changing climate scenario were included in the course content of the training programme.

Dr. M. Madhu, Director of the Institute was the Chief Guest of the function and distributed the certificates to the participants. The need of adoption of the learned knowledge by the participating farmers and its sharing with the other farmers of their area was emphasised by Dr Madhu in this valedictory speech to strengthen the mission of natural resource management in the country.

Dr. Charan Singh, head, HRD&SS Division detailed about the coverage of course content during the valedictory function. The training programme was coordinated by Dr. Lekhchand, Principal Scientist and Sh. Suresh Kumar, Chief Technical Officer of the Institute. Scientists of HRD&SS division Dr. Matber Singh Rana, Dr. Indu Rawat and Dr. Abimanyu Jhajhria contributed a lot for successful organisation of the training programme besides the support provided by team HRD&SS which includes Sh. A.K. Chauhan, Sh. K.R. Joshi, Smt. Lata Bhanwar, Sh. Dharmpal and Sh. Kamal Kishore.