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| Eco- friendly agriculture should be given chance: Mir | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15 : Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir today said that Eco-Friendly Agriculture practices should be given chance and stressed for raising public awareness to facilitate extension of conservation techniques by involvement of all concerned stake holders including farmers, researchers and extension specialists. The Minister said this at the inaugural session of 2nd J&K Agriculture Science Congress after inaugurating the exhibition which was organized by Sher-i-Kashmir University and Agriculture Science and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu and sponsored by National Horticulture Board, Union Department of Science and technology and J&K state Council for Science and Technology held here this afternoon. Vice -Chancellor SKUAST-J, Prof .D.K Arora, Joint Director Science& Technology, Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, Director Extension SKUAST-J, Dr. Rasmi, Director Research SKUAST-J Mr Ajay Koal, founder Vice Chancellor SKUAST-J, Prof. H.U.Khan and delegates of different universities of across the country were present on the occasion. The Minister said over a period of time the value and productivity of traditional agriculture has been under estimated because of the wrong methodology used to compare it with the Green Revolution Model. He said studies should be carried to understand various types of farming methods, including eco-friendly traditional as well as modern methods. Minister for Revenue, Raman Bhalla who was Guest of Honour on the occasion, said that every effort should be made to transfer the technology from lab to land for ensuring quality agri- horticulture production.
Lauding the role of research scientists for lunching farmer friendly programmes, the Minister hoped that this would certainly help to strength the socio-economic condition of the farmers.
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