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| Vohra calls for green revolution | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU JANUARY 16- Governor, Mr N N Vohra, today called for area specific research on vegetable cultivation, saying that investment in this sector is necessary for optimum growth in a vegetable-deficit State like Jammu and Kashmir.
Interacting with the Vice Chancellor, Deans and senior Faculty of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences at Chatha, near here this morning, the Governor emphasized the need for focused attention on vegetable research to ensure optimum production for meeting the domestic requirements.
The Governor exhorted the scientists to undertake research on various aspects of major vegetable crops in order to improve existing varieties and standardize production techniques
Vohra observed that the State was importing vegetables from various other parts of the country and "there is also need for undertaking time-bound initiatives and research for promoting organic vegetable cultivation with minimum gestation period". He stressed the need for drawing an Action Plan for acquainting the farmers on the latest and scientific methods of vegetable and mushroom cultivation and taking the technology to the fields. He observed that the University could perhaps explore close collaboration with other research institutions and marketing organisations and launch joint ventures in this sector. To promote cultivation of superior varieties of vegetables, he suggested establishment of demonstration plots and launching of Pilot Projects. He said that adoption of mixed farming approach would enable the farmers to considerably enhance their earning contributing to achieving self-reliance meeting the State-wide demand for vegetables.
The Governor also called for popularizing bee-keeping and poultry and live-stock development, particularly in view of high per capita meat consumption in the State. For this purpose, he observed that there should be very close cooperation between the Agriculture University and the State Animal and Sheep Husbandry departments. He hoped that the University and other line departments. He stressed the crucial importance of the State Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture, Forests and related departments working in close cooperation with the University for achieving the objective of optimum production in various areas of agriculture sector production.
Vohra also referred to the huge potential for the cultivation of medicinal plants in the State and observed that while considerable research has been done on the herbal plants there was need to intensify the cultivation of these plants as field crops in view of growing demand in the pharmaceutical sector.
The Governor emphasized high priority attention to developing high yielding varieties of different crops for cultivation in the State and called upon the scientists to work for speeding up research to evolve such varieties.
Responding to the vision of the Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the University, the Vice Chancellor, Professor B Misra, said that the University would endeavour to motivate the farmers for adopting vegetable cultivation during the interval of the two crops a year. He agreed that this experiment could be economically beneficial for the farmers.
Professor Misra dwelt on the profile of the University which was established in September 1999. He said that the University was running faculties of Agriculture, Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry and post graduate studies. The University has an intake capacity of 363 students per annum. Presently 586 students were pursuing their careers in the agriculture and animal Husbandry disciplines.
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