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New Delhi : Suchitra Durai, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Thailand, received the prestigious “King Bhumibol World Soil Day – 2020 Award” of FAO on behalf of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on March 10, 2021. Dr Chalermchai Srion, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of Thailand, conferred the award at a Ceremony held at Bangkok, Thailand.
The international recognition was announced by the FAO, Rome, on the eve of World Soil Day – 2020 in view of the ICAR’s excellent contributions in “Soil Health Awareness” on the theme “Stop soil erosion, save our future” during last year, according to a PIB release.
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, organised several programmes with great enthusiasm for the school students, farming community, and general public. The Institute organised a massive awareness campaign for preserving “SOIL – Our Mother Earth” to commemorate the World Soil Day including March-Past and distribution of promotional materials on soil health to the participants.
The Executives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives; Executives of Land Development, Soil and Fertiliser Society of Thailand; Soil and Water Conservations Society of Thailand; World Soil Association and Executives of other Departments under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives participated at the event.