Importance of maize as a food as well as fuel crop stressed Tuticorin: Training camps were conducted recently to inculcate the techniques of maize hybrid seed production among farm women in the villages Kalkumi, A.Kumarapuram of Vilathikulam block and Sankaralingapuram, Vembur of Pudhur block in Tuticorin district by the Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam. P. Venkatraman, Dean, Agricultural College and Research Institute, told The Hindu that the training was sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology; New Delhi, entitled