Climate change impact on coastal fisheries and Aquaculture

For the first time SAARC Agriculture Centre organized a Video Conference on “Climate Change Impact on Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture” on 20th December 2016 with the SAARC member countries. Dr. S. M. Bokhtiar, Director SAC welcomed the participants and gave a brief presentation on SAC activities. Dr. S. S. Giri, Senior Program Specialist (Fisheries) coordinated the program. Md. Mizanur Rahman, IT Manager provided technical support for the conference. List of member county experts: (01) Dr.Mohammad Anwar Sadaf, Acting Head of Livestock Extension Services, Afghanistan (02) Mr. Sayed Mehdi Hasan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock, Bangladesh (03) Mr. Namgay Dorji, Programme Director, National Research Centre for Aquacultre (Gelephu), Department of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Royal Government of Bhutan (04) Dr A. Gopalakrishnan, Director, Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Post Box No. 1603, Ernakulam North P. O. Kochi 682018, Kerala, Indi

READING INTEREST MOVEMENTS FOR KIDS IN NEPAL

Soon after enrollment information was documented and children began to progress in school, literacy rates became a viable measure of educational reform. Between 1991 and 2009 literacy rates for young people aged 15 to 24 years increased for males from 49.6% to 82% and for females from 32.7% to 76.7 %. Adult literacy rates for the same time period grew from 49.2% to 72% for males and 17.4% to 46.9% for females (UNESCO, 2009). In 1951, only 1% of Nepal’s population was considered literate; however, by 2009 Nepal’s overall literacy rate was estimated at 62.3% (UNESCO, 2009). Whereas Nepal’s literacy rates remain low in comparison to industrialized nations, especially for females, the growing percentage of Nepalese individuals who are able to read, write and understand short, simple, sentences relating to daily life, communicate with others, and perform simple calculations attests to the country’s efforts toward making education available to all

A Connectivity-Driven Development Strategy for Nepal: From a Landlocked to a Land-Linked State

Nepal's lackluster economic performance during the post-conflict period (that is, after November 2006) has been driven by remittances from the export of labor services and the improved performance of the agricultural sector, which is still very much weather dependent. The authors make the case for a connectivity-driven development strategy for the country. They argue that improved connectivity within Nepal and cross-border connectivity with its neighbors in South Asia, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the People's Republic of China (PRC) that are converting Nepal from a landlocked into a land-linked state, could be important "engines of growth" for the country. It is argued that such a development strategy is not a new one for Nepal as in the past the country was strategically located on the Southwestern Silk Road (SSR). A number of factors have revived the case for making Nepal a land-linked state in Asia. Nepal has adopted a multi-track approach to promoting regional cooperation and integration in connectivity with its neighbors. But a lot more needs to be done, especially in the context of the difficult political situation in the country, and donors have an important role to play in this regard. Ten priority projects to convert Nepal into a land-linked state are identified, but a detailed impact analysis of these projects is beyond the scope of this paper

INHERITANCE OF FERTILITY RESTORATION INVOLVING ID TYPE CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY SYSTEM IN RICE (Oryza sativa L.) USING TEN DIFFERENT RESTORER LINES

ABSTRACT Inheritance of fertility restoration was studied in crosses involving ten elite restorer lines of rice viz. BR827R, BR168R, BR6723-1-1-2R, M.H.63R, M.H.77R, Gui99R, IR40750R, IR64R, AjayaR and IR44675R and one male sterile line II32A with ID (Indonesian paddy type) sources of cytoplasmic male sterility. The segregation pattern for pollen fertility of F 2 and BC 1 populations of crosses involving II32A indicated the presence of two independent dominant fertility restoring genes. The mode of action of the two genes varied in different crosses revealing three types of interaction, i.e. epistasis with dominant gene action, epistasis with recessive gene action, and epistasis with incomplete dominance