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| Action plan needed to enhance agricultural productivity: N N Vohra | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU: Efforts should be made for greater coordination among universities and extension agencies of the J-K government besides creating a corpus of scientists to share expertise and research findings for enhancing agri- productivity, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra said today.
He stressed the usefulness of drawing up a comprehensive Action Plan for transfer of requisite agricultural practices to enhance productivity and production of various crops in the rainfed areas of the state.
Reviewing the status of establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendras, he called for making the Kendras as nodal points for transfer of agri-technology from the labs to land and dissemination of improved agricultural practices for the speedy growth of agriculture and each of its allied sectors.
Vohra was chairing the 7th University Council meeting of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu at Raj Bhavan here today.
"There is need for greater coordination among the universities of the state and extension agencies of the government besides creating a corpus of scientists to share expertise and research findings and for convergence of initiatives to effectively meet the effects of climate change and take required measures for enhancing agri-productivity on sustainable basis," the Governor, who is the Chancellor of the University, said.
Stressing the importance of ensuring the establishment of Krishi Vigyan Kendras within envisaged time-lines, he said if sustained coordinated efforts can be organised, there can be no difficulty in achieving a significantly high growth rate in agriculture production in the next 2-3 years.
He also asked the University to propagate the model of integrated farming so that the small land holding farmers could achieve surpluses.
Referring to the vocational training courses being run by the Universities, the Governor stressed that the intake of youths for short-term courses should be increased to enlarge their employability as also equipping them with necessary skills to set up their own ventures in the sectors like dairy, fish and poultry farming, food processing, vegetable and mushroom cultivation, apiculture, sericulture.
The Governor urged the Agriculture Minister to early convene a meeting of all concerned authorities and arrive at an agreed approach to set up a multi-disciplinary Empowered Task Force for Water Management.
The Governor advised that a similar approach could be adopted for the collection and analysis of all data relating to sgriculture and its allied sectors for evolving region, area and crop specific strategies for boosting production.
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