Prod from govt, educated youth opt for horticulture
Pranab Kumar Mallick runs a brisk business of bonsai plantations on his three and a half bigha of land at his village in the Joypur area of Howrah district.
Pranab Kumar Mallick runs a brisk business of bonsai plantations on his three and a half bigha of land at his village in the Joypur area of Howrah district.
For the first time in the state, the Indo-Israel agricultural project has been initiated in Hooghly district at Chinsurah Horticulture Centre.
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Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday informed the Parliament that the Centre was promoting holistic development of horticulture through regionally differentiated programmes like the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture.
They were participating in a workshop organized at Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF) at Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
The last date to apply for the UG programmes (Normal seats) is August 16 while the candidates applying for Self-financing seats can apply till August 27, he added.
Most importantly, there is no subject in school about horticulture, not even optional, which teaches this generation or coming generation about farming.
According to an official spokesman, hi-tech nurseries set up by the government at Bahraich, Ambedkar Nagar, Mau, Fatehpur, Aligarh, Rampur and Hapur have already become operational while centres of excellence are under construction in Chandauli, Kaushambhi, Saharanpur, Lucknow, Kushinagar and Hapur.
"Agriculture (university) is needed in Goa. It is a state government subject, but the Government of India will be ready to help," Karandlaje told reporters during her ongoing visit to the state.