After completing 25 years of service in the field of agrobiodiversity, especially to the plant-based biological resources of Western Ghats for food and nutritional security, the Community Agrobiodiversity Centre (CABC) of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) here is celebrating its silver jubilee on Sunday and Monday.
“Linking science to society with an approach of sustainable utilisation of agrobiodiversity for conservation, cultivation, consumption, and commerce has been the prime focus of the institution over the past 25 years”, said V. Shakeela, Director of MSSRF.
The institution has documented as many as 2,032 species of flowering plants in the district, 39 plant species new to science, 52 species that belong to the Red Data Book and 900 endemic species to the country so far , Dr. Shakeela said.
