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    National library week celebration : 2017
    (Central Library, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 2017-11-15) KAU Central Library
    National Library Week 2017 KAU celebrates National Library Week 2017 with a variety of programmes. The celebrations will be inaugurated Dr. K.V Peter on 15 November 2017. A Quiz competition on books & authors will be held on 16th Nov.2017 in the Library.
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    Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) visited - Kerala Agricultural University
    (Central Library, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, 2017-03-02) KAU Central Library
    The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare , Government of India. Formerly known as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, it was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in pursuance of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. The ICAR has its headquarters at New Delhi. The Council is the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country. With 101 ICAR institutes and 71 agricultural universities spread across the country this is one of the largest national agricultural systems in the world. The ICAR has played a pioneering role in ushering Green Revolution and subsequent developments in agriculture in India through its research and technology development that has enabled the country to increase the production of foodgrains by 5.6 times, horticultural crops by 10.5 times, fish by 16.8 times, milk by 10.4 times and eggs by 52.9 times since 1950-51 to 2017-18, thus making a visible impact on the national food and nutritional security. It has played a major role in promoting excellence in higher education in agriculture. It is engaged in cutting edge areas of science and technology development and its scientists are internationally acknowledged in their fields.