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LCT in partnership with ICRISAT, launches Telangana’s First Mobile Soil Testing Lab

Hyderabad, June 5 (UNI) Laurus Charitable Trust (LCT), in collaboration with ICRISAT (The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), launched the first Mobile Soil Health Testing lab in the state to reshape farming communities and young minds in Telangana
It is bringing awareness and science-based support directly to the doorstep of farmers across 22 villages in Shamirpet and Muduchintalapalli mandals with the support of the district-level Agriculture Department officials, the Institute said in a release here on Thursday..
“This state-of-the-art mobile lab is designed not just to test soil but to spark a movement. It is helping farmers, many of whom are testing their soils for the first time in years, gain valuable insights into the health of their land, while teaching school children where food comes from and why the soil beneath our feet matters,” said Dr Himanshu Pathak, Director General, ICRISAT.
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