Part-I of the course had witnessed encouraging response
After successful completion of part one of the course ‘Diseases of Horticultural Crops and their Management’, National Virtual Academy for Indian Agriculture is launching part two of the course in continuation of its first Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in agriculture.
The two-month free online course, which begins on November 30, will conclude on January 29, 2016. It is an initiative by a team of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experts and educators from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and its partners, together with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.
Part-I of the free online course concluded on April 27, 2015. Part-II of the course will cover distribution, symptoms, causes, disease cycles and management of diseases of important horticultural crops and their economic importance. Interested persons can click on https://www.iitbombayx.in/courses/NVAforIA/PATH372.2x/2015-16/about or email atoneagriculture@cgiar.org , according to a release here on Thursday.
Source : The Hindu
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