A team of Officials from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) visited Central Horticultural Experiment Station, CHES, ICAR-IIHR Bhubaneswar on 22nd February 2021 to gain experience and understanding the new technologies and best practices in the field of Horticulture. The team consisted of Chief General Manager, Sri C U Bhaskar, Asst General Manager, Dr Smitha N Badajena and District Development Managers. In the programme, Dr G C Acharya, Head, CHES, Bhubaneswar welcomed all the dignitaries and shared a presentation on the activities & achievements of the center. Dr C U Bhaskar, CGM, NABARD Odisha stressed upon more collaboration and association with CHES for successful implementation of NABARD schemes in the field, specifically Wadi Project. He also requested for entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with IIHR for long term of association in training, exposure visit and technical guidance from IIHR. Field visit and demonstration was arranged for all the officials with the help of Sri S Mjahi, Technical Officer, CHES, Bhubaneswar