MANDATE

BFRI AT A GLANCE

BACKGROUND

ORGANOGRAM

MAN POWER

RESEARCH DIVISIONS

FIELD STATIONS

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

ACHIEVEMENTS

OPERATIONAL FLOW

FACILITIES

PUBLICATION

Policy Obligation, Aim and Goal

By policy, BFRI bears the obligation to provide research supports to the FD, BFIDC, end-users and others in performing the forestry activities. BFRI aims at maintaining sustainable productivity of forest land and forest industries without resource depletion. The broad goal is to reduce the demand-supply gap of forest resources.

Major Research Areas


Research in the following broad programmed is conducted to achieve national goals in forest productivity, employment generation, environmental conservation and woman’s participation in line with the Forestry Sector Master Plan of the country.

 

Optimise productivity in hill, plain, village and coastal forests through the application of technological input to alleviate the poverty.

§        Provide research backup to forestry and agro-forestry in waste and marginal land for optimum and sustainable   utilization.

§        Rational utilization of forest produces through the application of technological input.

§        Help in conservation of biodiversity and environmental balance in national and rural forests.

§        Increase liaison with regional and global organizations and networks.

 

Programme Areas

 

 BFRI is now conducting research under  the following 12 programme areas:

 

1.       Production of quality planting materials

2.       Plantation technique & forest management

3.       Breeding and tree improvement

4.       Bamboo and non-timber economic crops

5.       Biodiversity and conservation

6.       Forest inventory, growth and yield

7.       Soil conservation and watershed management

8.       Social forestry and farming system research (FSR)

9.       Forest pest and diseases

10.    Post harvest utilization-physical processing

11.    Post harvest utilization-chemical processing

12.    Training and transfer of technology

 

Priorities


Demand driven research such as promotion of farm forestry and agro-forestry, sustainable management of the Sundarbans and other coastal forest land.

 

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