Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Y.S. Chowdary said the foundation stone for the State Agricultural University would be laid on the premises of the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Lam, on November 16. Union Minister for Agriculture Radha Madhav Singh will be the chief guest at the function.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Agricultural Technological Day celebrations organised to commemorate the 115th birth anniversary of Acharya N.G. Ranga at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Lam, Mr. Chowdary said there should be no doubt over the special package or special status either, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised he would implement every promise made to the State.
Modern farming
Earlier, Mr. Chowdary called for extensive use of technology in agriculture and said innovations in farm technology would end farm distress. “Drip and sprinkler irrigation, a technology imported from Israel, is widely being used by farmers cultivating horticultural crops in the State.
Modern farming practices in cotton and paddy have considerably reduced dependence on farm labour,” he said. The Minister also inaugurated an exhibition on modern farm technologies organised by the Department of Agriculture.
Source : The Hindu
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