The momentum for the Global Campaign for #एक_पेड़_माँ_के_नाम#Plant4Mother was launched on the World Environment Day 2024 at ICAR-IIHR Bengaluru. This Campaign was launched to encourage people to plant trees for protecting and preserving the Mother Earth. As per the directions of Government of India, the staff and students of ICAR-IIHR planted the saplings of fruit crops and forest tree species in the campus on 21st August 2024. Dr. Tusar Kanti Behera, Director, ICAR-IIHR, took part in the campaign and large area was covered by planting different perennial crop species. The Program was coordinated by Farm Management Unit, Landscape Unit, Nursery Unit and Crop Protection Division of ICAR-IIHR Bengaluru.
