School of Natural Resource Management
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Soil, Water, Land & Biodiversity
Addresses sustainable management of land, water, soil, and biological resources — critical in the complex terrain and flood-prone ecosystems of North-East India. EFC-mandated projects: sustainable crop production in rainfed ecosystems; improving soil health for input use efficiency; water resource assessment and utilisation.
2. School of Natural Resource Management
The School of Natural Resource Management focuses on the sustainable management of land, water, soil, and biological resources — challenges that are especially critical in North-East India, where complex terrain, seasonal flooding, diverse land-use systems, and rapidly changing climate make resource management both urgent and difficult.
Mandated Research Projects (as per EFC 2021–26)
Project 4: Development of Sustainable Crop Production Strategy for Enhancing Natural Resource Use Efficiency in Rainfed Ecosystem
- Enhancing productivity of indigenous rice genotypes with specialty traits
- Development of climate-resilient rice genotypes suitable for rainfed and flood-prone lowlands
- Breeding climate-resilient, short-duration rapeseed/mustard varieties for rice fallows
- Breeding pulses and buckwheat for utilisation of rice fallows
- Development of rice/rabi maize hybrids for improved yield and disease resistance
- Pre-breeding in rice for tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses
Project 5: Improving Soil Health for Enhancing Input Use Efficiency and Productivity
- Collection, evaluation, conservation, and improvement of cultivated, indigenous, and underutilised horticultural crops of the NE region
- Develop and refine sustainable production and protection technologies for horticultural crops of the NE region
- Develop appropriate post-harvest management protocols for horticultural crops to reduce losses, improve marketing, and enable product diversification
- Generate wealth from waste and by-products of horticultural crops through value addition and processing
- Design, develop, and refine process and equipment to reduce drudgery in production and processing of horticultural crops of the NE region
Project 6: Assessment, Conservation and Utilisation of Water Resources for Enhancing Agriculture Production in Dry Season
- Bionomics and epidemiology of insect-pests, nematodes, and pathogens and their natural enemies in lowland rice ecosystem
- Development of integrated pest management module for major crops in multidisciplinary mode
- Diagnostics and management of important diseases prevalent in the North-Eastern states
- Identification and formulation of agrochemicals of natural origin for efficient crop protection
Project 6: Assessment, Conservation and Utilisation of Water Resources for Enhancing Agriculture Production in Dry Season
- Bionomics and epidemiology of insect-pests, nematodes, and pathogens and their natural enemies in lowland rice ecosystem
- Development of integrated pest management module for major crops in multidisciplinary mode
- Diagnostics and management of important diseases prevalent in the North-Eastern states
- Identification and formulation of agrochemicals of natural origin for efficient crop protection