Jammu, Dec 21: Governor,   N N Vohra, has emphasized the need for evolving well considered short and long-term plans for strengthening teaching, research and extension activities of the Agricultural Universities in the State and ensuring their future growth as the centers of excellence. He also laid stress on urgently putting in place an effective mechanism for closely monitoring the various activities of these varsities to secure maximum agricultural production in the State.
 The Governor was addressing the 5th Council Meeting of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu, here last evening, an official statement said.
 The Governor, who is the Chancellor of the University, chairing the meeting, referred to the dire need for seed replacement of various crops on a time-bound and planned basis, observing that achieving a high replacement rate is crucial to both improving quality and achieving higher levels of productivity and production.
 The Governor said that forestry, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, fisheries, animal husbandry, poultry farming, mushroom cultivation, bee keeping and all other allied sectors have a vast scope for growth in the State and there is no reason whatsoever for the Farm Universities and the concerned State Government departments not being able to achieve the much needed break through for achieving significant surpluses in each of the aforesaid areas. Referring to the role of Krishi Vigyan Kendras in boosting agriculture production, the Governor observed that these have to function as nerve centres for giving the required boost to the agriculture.

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