The 23rd Research Advisory Committee meeting of the ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur was held during 17-18 February, 2022 under the Chairmanship of Dr. N.T. Yaduraju. The members participated were: Dr. S. Bhaskar, Assistant Director General (Agronomy, Agro-forestry & Climate Change), ICAR, Dr. T. V. Ramachandra Prasad, Retd. Professor, UAS, Bangalore, Dr. Ajit Kumar, Vice-President, UPL, Dr. A. Ramesh, Director, IIBAT, Chennai, Dr. P. Samal, Retd. Professor, OUAT, Bhubaneshwar, and Dr. S. K. Jalali. Retd. Pr. Scientist & Head, NBAIR, Bangalore. Dr. Sushilkumar, Pr. Scientist, ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur & Member-Secretary presented the action taken report on the recommendations made during the XXII RAC meeting held on 14-15 June, 2021.

All the scientists presented their research achievements of the year 2021. The RAC expressed satisfaction that the most of the points in the recommendations made during the last meetings have been addressed satisfactorily despite of the limitations due to COVID-19 pandemic. In view of the Government priorities and emerging challenges in weed management, the RAC suggested new areas in weed management research to improve the productivity and profitability of small and marginal farmers of the country.

Earlier, Dr. J.S. Mishra, Director, ICAR-DWR, Jabalpur, extended a warm welcome to the RAC, and presented the progress report of the major achievements of the Directorate during 2021.