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Myself, Vadi and Vishy had a meeting with LSTC team on 24th Nov and reviewed planned RnD interventions/targets vs actual achievements. As a team we have not been able to achieve targets set for release of new clones (in terms of survival of mother plants, cuttings produced per plant, survival of plants as well as acreage covered), Also during my visit on 5th Dec to LCP,C even the targets of subabul rooting through lateral cutting is not being achieved (it has come down to 60% against target of 85%).Number of cuttings per mother plant is also not being achieved as indicated in POC document, due to insect and pest attack on mother plants. Similar seems to be the situation in terms of SSNM demos and field trial of new clones. | |||
This is not to blame any team, but just to highlight the gaps that we need to address when we plan for the next year. I feel there are few issues we need to discuss and address urgently- | |||
(i)-There is lot of focus on back end of RnD, but there is less focus and allocation of resources on the front end, i.e. where it interfaces with business in terms of commercial production of plants, farm level induction of clones, insect, pest and disease control. | |||
(ii)-We lack agility in addressing the issues when these are being noticed in the field. Knowledge gaps for mortality of plants, insect, pest and disease control need to be addressed more quickly, even if it requires to be brought from outside. | |||
(iii)-We need appreciate usefulness and allocate resources for small initiatives such as SSNM, soil-clone matching, improved package of practices etc, which can give quick and cost effective solutions to improve productivity vis a vis big bang RnD interventions | |||
(iii)-Team needs to spend more time in natural settings of RnD initiatives in BCM/Core area, to enable it to understand the farm level issues promptly and realise th-Your data has been truncated. | |||
Revision as of 03:49, 20 December 2017
Laks, Myself, Vadi and Vishy had a meeting with LSTC team on 24th Nov and reviewed planned RnD interventions/targets vs actual achievements. As a team we have not been able to achieve targets set for release of new clones (in terms of survival of mother plants, cuttings produced per plant, survival of plants as well as acreage covered), Also during my visit on 5th Dec to LCP,C even the targets of subabul rooting through lateral cutting is not being achieved (it has come down to 60% against target of 85%).Number of cuttings per mother plant is also not being achieved as indicated in POC document, due to insect and pest attack on mother plants. Similar seems to be the situation in terms of SSNM demos and field trial of new clones.
This is not to blame any team, but just to highlight the gaps that we need to address when we plan for the next year. I feel there are few issues we need to discuss and address urgently-
(i)-There is lot of focus on back end of RnD, but there is less focus and allocation of resources on the front end, i.e. where it interfaces with business in terms of commercial production of plants, farm level induction of clones, insect, pest and disease control. (ii)-We lack agility in addressing the issues when these are being noticed in the field. Knowledge gaps for mortality of plants, insect, pest and disease control need to be addressed more quickly, even if it requires to be brought from outside. (iii)-We need appreciate usefulness and allocate resources for small initiatives such as SSNM, soil-clone matching, improved package of practices etc, which can give quick and cost effective solutions to improve productivity vis a vis big bang RnD interventions (iii)-Team needs to spend more time in natural settings of RnD initiatives in BCM/Core area, to enable it to understand the farm level issues promptly and realise th-Your data has been truncated.