ICAR – INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MAIZE RESEARCH, LUDHIANA WALK-IN INTERVIEW
ICAR – INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MAIZE RESEARCH
Post Date: 08/03/2024
Hiring Institute: ICAR – INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MAIZE RESEARCH, LUDHIANA
Organization Profile: Maize or corn is the third most important cereal crop after rice and wheat for India. Maize with its wide adaptability it can be grown with elevation ranging from sea level to up to 3000 m above mean sea level. It is grown on 188 million ha area in more than 170 countries across the globe with 1423 million MT of production. Worldwide China has maximum area under maize followed by the USA, both together representing 39% of world maize area. Since 2005, India ranks 4th in terms of area with 9.89 million ha land under maize.
In India remained among the top 10 producers of maize in the World since 1961 and presently ranks 6th with annual output of 31.65 million MT. The productivity of maize in India is about 3.19 t/ha, which is slightly more than the half of world average (5.6 t/ha). However, per day productivity of maize in India is comparable to many of the advanced countries. India has strategic and geographical advantage over other countries towards supply of maize to international market. This include round-the-year production of maize in our country, low freight charges, well-established seed production and marketing network and availability of sea-port. However, the domestic demand itself is very high. Hence, export of maize from India is not that significant at the moment.
Designation:
- Research Associate-I (RA),
- Three contractual positions of SRF,
- one position of YP-II
- one position of YP-I
Under: ‘Enhancing climate resilience and ensuring food security with genome editing tools’
Project Title: ICAR-IIMR, Pusa Campus, IARI, Delhi.
Walk-in-Interview will be held on 20.03.2024 at 10.00 AM
Job Location: Delhi
Apply Mode: Walk-in
For details, please visit: https://iimr.icar.gov.in/