THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 24th Kerala Science congress will begin at Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam, on January 29. The three-day event is organised by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) in association with the Rubber Board.The Science Congress is expected to be a forum for productive exchange of state-of-the-art scientific research across various disciplines leading to wider understanding of new concepts and collaborations, said (KSCSTE) executive vice-president V N Rajasekharan Pillai.While climate change forms a special theme at the KSC, there would be a wide-range of subjects discussed at the various technical sessions. Researchers would present scientific papers on different subject areas, including agriculture, biotechnology, chemical, physical and life sciences, environment, engineering, geo-informatics and information technology. Scientists and researchers will present papers on the special theme of the Congress - ‘Climate change: Plantation crops and Spices of Kerala’. Experts will lead discussions on a host of issues related to how spices and plantation crops can be adapted to the projected changes in weather patterns, temperature and rainfall driven by climate change.
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