MSSRF had initiated a project in 2006 to mark the 80th birthday of Prof. M. S. Swaminathan and to accelerate its conservation efforts through a targeted number of 80 RET angiosperm plant species of Western Ghats. This project helped to relocate 80 RET species, which were said to be restricted to tiny pockets of type […]
Conservation of biological diversity, genetic resources, wild and cultivated species are of high necessity. Field gene -seed -bank, community gene bank, seeds and seedling conservation are of high requisite to rescue and reinforce the threatened germplasm. MSSBG and research centre plays an important role to manage conservation with efficient scientific standards and to enhance education […]
MSSBG’s Resource focus and Action Framework The Garden adopts a ‘4C’-Framework where the C’s represent Conservation, Cultivation, Consumption and Commercialization, which operates in a cyclic manner, to promote the paradigm of sustainable genetic resource management. By engaging and empowering the ‘custodian farmers and conservers’ to apply this ‘4C’ framework, MSSBG proposes to demonstrate sustainable utilization […]
M S Swaminathan Botanical Garden celebrated the ‘National Bird Day ‘with the young minds of ‘Every Child A Scientist (ECAS)’ programme.The students were from various schools of Wayanad and they were with the internal resource team today to take part in a Quest on Science and Environment and to have a glance at the bird […]