Jammu, Jan 13 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has emphasised setting up of area and activity specific villages in the state for effectively demonstrating the benefits of new technologies.
The Model villages would act as catalysts for demonstrating the impact of research from laboratory to land and motivate farmers to adopt new technologies for achieving higher levels of productivity, Abdullah said at the fourth council meeting of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, here yesterday.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra, who was chairing the meeting, laid stress on the importance of agricultural universities initiating measures for effectively utilizing and promoting biotechnology and bionanotechnology, adding that inter-disciplinary cells should be set up in both the varsities of Kashmir and Jammu for this purpose.
He emphasised promoting animal husbandry, floriculture, horticulture, mushroom, vegetable cultivation and beekeeping to transform agriculture and allied sectors.
The Model villages would act as catalysts for demonstrating the impact of research from laboratory to land and motivate farmers to adopt new technologies for achieving higher levels of productivity, Abdullah said at the fourth council meeting of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, here yesterday.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra, who was chairing the meeting, laid stress on the importance of agricultural universities initiating measures for effectively utilizing and promoting biotechnology and bionanotechnology, adding that inter-disciplinary cells should be set up in both the varsities of Kashmir and Jammu for this purpose.
He emphasised promoting animal husbandry, floriculture, horticulture, mushroom, vegetable cultivation and beekeeping to transform agriculture and allied sectors.
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