Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 20: A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed today between Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu and Narsingh Seva Kendra (NSK), Village Khoon, Udhampur, with the objective to promote natural and organic farming, dairy farming and other allied agricultural activities in the area of Research and Extension.
The MoU was signed by Dr S K Gupta, Director Extension, SKUAST-Jammu and Vikram Gujral, President of Narsingh Seva Kendra, Khoon, Udhampur, in presence of Raman Suri, Vice President NSK; Naresh Gupta, Treasurer and other members of NSK namely, Surinder Mohan, Sanjeev Sharma, S K Sethi, Jagdish Langar, Dr Sanjay Kaushal, Dr Narender Panotra and Om Parkash, President Gau Seva Samiti, Mandli.
The representative of SKUAST-Jammu who participated, included Dr R K Samnotra, Director Research; Dr S K Gupta, Registrar; Dr M S Bhadwal, Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry; Dr Mahital Jamwal, Associate Director Research.
Vice Chancellor SKUAST-Jammu, Prof B N Tripathi ensured full technical support from the University to Narsingh Seva Kendra for the benefit of farming community of the region.
Narsingh Seva Kendra, Khoon is a unit of Shri Narsingh Go Seva Samiti, Mandli, Kathua and is engaged in Gauseva activities and extends its service area by developing constructive programmes for the education and self-reliance of the farming community by disseminating the knowledge and skills for promoting entrepreneurship in agriculture.
Through this MoU, SKUAST-J and NSK will coordinate in the areas of mutual interest, especially development and demonstration of advanced technologies for farmers’ benefits, entrepreneurship development and business management. Dissemination of successful technologies through training and demonstration would also be undertaken with both long term and short term goals, keeping in view the interests of farmers, startups and entrepreneurs of Jammu and Kashmir regions. This agreement will promote establishment of dairy farms, mushroom cultivation, high density orcharding, demonstration units of crops, farmer training centres and Yoga Training Centres for providing firsthand experience to the farming community and unemployed youth.
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