Sachin Malik Lucknow: Agricultural universities in Uttar Pradesh Should encourage Students to undertake extensive research on the development of new crop varieties, Keeping in view the Changing Climate and the Growing nutritional requirements of the Population. This will help ensure sustainable and resilient agricultural development in the State and bring about a visible improvement in the living Standards of farmers. This direction was given by Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi While Chairing a review meeting with the Vice-Chancellors of the State agricultural universities at the Agriculture Bhawan auditorium on Monday.
During the meeting, the Agriculture Minister expressed Strong displeasure over the delay being adopted by universities in the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching Staff. He directed that the recruitment Process against all vacant Posts Should be completed with full urgency and within a Stipulated timeframe. He said that each university Should Primarily focus on developing specialized new crop varieties in accordance with its area of Expertise.
Minister Shahi emphasized that While developing new crop varieties, special attention must be Paid to ensuring not only food security but also nutritional Security. The varieties developed Should fully meet Global food security Standards so that exports of agricultural Products from the State can also be increased. He further directed that research Should take into account the conditions of all nine agro-Climatic zones of Uttar Pradesh, the available irrigation facilities and Changing weather Patterns. He laid special emphasis on developing varieties capable of delivering higher Yields with the use of organic manure as an alternative to Chemical Fertilizers.
Minister of State for Agriculture Baldev Singh Aulakh, Principal Secretary Ravindra, Special Secretaries O.P. Verma and Lal Bahadur Yadav, Vice-Chancellor of Banda Agricultural University S.V.S. Raju, Vice-Chancellor of Meerut Agricultural University Triveni Dutt, Vice-Chancellor of Kanpur Agricultural University Sanjeev Gupta, Registrar of Narendra Agricultural University, Director General of the Uttar Pradesh Council of Agricultural Research Dr. Sanjay Singh, Director of Agriculture T.M. Tripathi, and senior officials from the Agriculture Department and agricultural universities were Present at the review Meeting.
