Another symposium on ‘Quality Planting Material Production’ was chaired by A Arunachalam, Director, CAFRI & Project Coordinator, where in the framework for nursery accreditation and certification of quality planting material was discussed.

The participants from different State agricultural universities and NGOs gave inputs for fine tuning the framework. KP Mohapatra, Principal Scientist, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, iterated the significance of tree improvement works for quality plant material production.

C Biradar, Country Director, CIFOR-ICRAF, India, delivered a plenary talk in which he highlighted significance and contribution of agroforestry to achieve sustainable goals.