Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 25: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu organized a Zonal Research and Extension Advisory Committee (ZREAC) meeting for Kharif – 2018 for Jammu province.
Chairing the meeting, Dr Pradeep K Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu, stressed that deliberations of the meetings should focus on increasing the production and productivity from agriculture and allied sector through cutting the cost of cultivation, adoption of mechanized farming techniques and adoption of university recommended technologies. He also stressed upon the importance of feedback from officers of the line departments for carrying out productive research with coordinated efforts between line departments and University scientist for achieving the target of doubling the farmers’ income in next five years. He hoped that the deliberations during the course of this meeting will go a long way in ameliorating the farmers’ problems and thereby making a significant step in improving agriculture scenario of the State.
Dr K S Risam, Director Extension SKUAST-J, briefed the participants about the mandate of the meeting. He also requested the officers of the department for deliberation on the specific issues concerning applicability of research recommendations given by the University.
During the meeting, Dr J P Sharma, Director Research, presented overview of the various research activities of SKUAST-Jammu being carried out for the welfare of the farming community. H K Razdan, Director Agriculture, raised the issues of Basmati 370 aroma and quality deterioration, location specific short duration Maize, Pulses and Wheat varieties, Integrated farming system for very small land holding etc during the meeting.
Jatinder Singh, Director Command Area Development Jammu put forth the issues of water management practices and varieties suitable for command area of Jammu district. Sunil Misri, Jt Director Floriculture and Tarvinder Singh, Jt Director Horticulture also put forth the issues of their respective sectors.
During the deliberations, the officers of the line departments, including CAOs/ CHOs gave valuable feedback of researchable issues to the University scientists. Several production recommendations based on the multi-location trials conducted during consecutive years were also discussed for further dissemination among farmers in collaboration with Department of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture and Krishi Vigyan Kendras of the University.
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