HARYANA KISAN AYOG HARYANA KISAN AYOG Newsletter Vol. 6, No. 3 A Quarterly Newsletter July-September, 2016 Haryana is celebrating 50 years of its existence as a separate state. Due to the hard working farmers, institutional support and government policies, the state has progressed from a food deficient to a food surplus State. Haryana is the second highest contributor of food grains to the central pool. The state's journey of last five decades shows that agriculture sector continues to play a major role in the State economy contributing about 14.5 percent to its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as well as providing employment to 51 percent of the work force. The State enjoys 1st position in the production of Basmati rice and produc- tivity in pearl millet and rapeseed & mustard. The foodgrain production has increased to 16.97 million tons in 2013-14, as against only 2.59 million tons in 1966-67. The State has the distinction of attaining food self- sufficiency in the shortest period.Progressive policies, good Research & Development system, appropriate infrastructure and hard- working farmers have all contributed to the steady growth in the State. The state also made rapid strides in animal husbandry. The livestock sector contributes to about 35 percent of the State Agricultural GDP and the production of milk and egg has increased more than 5 times and 160 times, respectively, since the formation of the State. The State has around 4.8 crore poultry birds for eggs and meat production. During 2014-15, around 9.5 thousand fish farmers covered about 17016 hectare inland water area producing around 111.2 thousand tons of fish. Today, Haryana stands second in inland fish productivity in India. Cauliflower, onion, potato, tomato, chillies, guava and kinnow are the impor- tant horticultural crops having good potential. Over 4.90 lakh hectare area has come under horticulture during 2015-16. With all our achievements in agricul- ture, we are also confronting problems and challenges. Increasing income of farmers is a primary concern and needs to be addressed as a top priority. Allied sectors like dairying, poultry, fishery, arid-horticulture, mushroom farming, bee keeping, agro-forestry have great potential to increase farmers' income. Increasing demand for fruits, vegetables, milk, meat, eggs, fish and other dairy products due to fast expansion of middle income group, is seen as a positive indicator. In addition, international demand for specialty products such as Basmati rice, Mozzarella cheese, Murrah buffalo germplasm, mushroom, baby corn, straw- berry, honey, etc. are some of the emerging highly potential options for increased profitability and income. Diversification in favour of horticulture, livestock, inland aquaculture will open new opportunities for increased profitability and income. Organic farming is another area for cutting down costs, improved soil fertility and increased farm income. With these initiatives, we can usher in a golden era for farmers of Haryana in the Swarna Jayanti year. Varinder Singh Kundu, IAS
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HARYANA KISAN AYOGHARYANA KISAN AYOGNewsletter
Vol. 6, No. 3 A Quarterly Newsletter July-September, 2016
Haryana is celebrating 50 years of its
existence as a separate state. Due to the hard
working farmers, institutional support and
government policies, the state has progressed
from a food deficient to a food surplus State.
Haryana is the second highest contributor of
food grains to the central pool. The state's journey of last five
decades shows that agriculture sector
continues to play a major role in the State
economy contributing about 14.5 percent to
its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as well as
providing employment to 51 percent of the
work force. The State enjoys 1st position in
the production of Basmati rice and produc-
tivity in pearl millet and rapeseed & mustard.
The foodgrain production has increased to
16.97 million tons in 2013-14, as against only
2.59 million tons in 1966-67. The State has
the distinction of attaining food self-
sufficiency in the shortest period.Progressive
policies, good Research & Development
system, appropriate infrastructure and hard-
working farmers have all contributed to the
steady growth in the State. The state also made rapid strides in
animal husbandry. The livestock sector
contributes to about 35 percent of the State
Agricultural GDP and the production of
milk and egg has increased more than 5 times
and 160 times, respectively, since the
formation of the State. The State has around
4.8 crore poultry birds for eggs and meat
production. During 2014-15, around 9.5
thousand fish farmers covered about 17016
hectare inland water area producing around
111.2 thousand tons of fish. Today, Haryana
stands second in inland fish productivity in
India . Caul i f lower,
onion, potato, tomato,
ch i l l i e s, guava and
kinnow are the impor-
tant horticultural crops
having good potential.
Over 4.90 lakh hectare
area has come under
horticulture during 2015-16. With all our achievements in agricul-
ture, we are also confronting problems and
challenges. Increasing income of farmers is a
primary concern and needs to be addressed as
a top priority. Allied sectors like dairying,
poultry, fishery, arid-horticulture, mushroom
farming, bee keeping, agro-forestry have
great potential to increase farmers' income. Increasing demand for fruits,
vegetables, milk, meat, eggs, fish and other
dairy products due to fast expansion of
middle income group, is seen as a positive
indicator. In addition, international demand
for specialty products such as Basmati
rice, Mozzarella cheese, Murrah buffalo
germplasm, mushroom, baby corn, straw-
berry, honey, etc. are some of the emerging
highly potential options for increased
profitability and income. Diversification in
favour of horticulture, livestock, inland
aquaculture will open new opportunities for
increased profitability and income. Organic
farming is another area for cutting down
costs, improved soil fertility and increased
farm income. With these initiatives, we can
usher in a golden era for farmers of Haryana
in the Swarna Jayanti year.
Varinder Singh Kundu, IAS
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Meeting of Working Group on Diversification
of Agriculture in Peri-Urban Areas of
Haryana
A meeting of the Working Group on “Diversification of Agriculture in Peri-Urban Areas of Haryana” with senior
thofficers of Horticulture Department was held on 13 July, 2016 at Division of floriculture, IARI, New Delhi. The meeting was attended by Dr. Arjun Singh Saini, DG, Horticulture, Haryana, Dr. B.S.Dhankar, Chairman of the Working Group,Dr. R.S. Dalal, Member Secretary, Haryana Kisan Ayog, Shri Kuldeep Singh, JDH/SFACH, Horticulture, Haryana, Shri Deepak Kumar Dhattarwal, DDH/PP, Horticulture, Haryana, Dr. Bhupendra Singh, State Consultant / SFACH, Horticulture, Haryana and Member of
the Working Group : Dr. B.S.Tomar, Dr. S.S.Sindhu,Dr. R.B.Srivastava,Dr. R.K.Sharma alongwith Dr.Sandeep Kumar and Dr.Gajender Singh, Research Fellows, HKA. The Chairman of the Working Group welcomed all the partici-pants and briefed about the main agenda of the meeting. Dr. Arjun Singh, DG, Horticulture, Haryana, also welcomed all delegates and summarized the achievements of Horticulture Department in Peri-Urban areas of Haryana. He told that Horticulture Department is preparing a project on the development of horticulture and protected cultivation in Peri-Urban areas of Haryana. He shared his ideas for production, processing, value addition and marketing of horticultural and vegetable crops. After that Shri Deepak Kumar Dhattarwal gave a detailed presentation on the proposed project and highlighted the vision of Horticulture Department. Dr. Bhupendra Singh, State Consultant also gave a presentation on peri-urban, Horticulture. After the detailed deliberations the following points emerged out: 1. Threat and challenges in peri-urban horticulture should be
analyzed.2. Need to prepare a suitable policy support for
infrastructural and storage facilities for horticultural crops.
3. Crops cycle of different vegetables, Flowers, spices
etc. should be edited and considered.4. There is need to increase the strength of the well
trained manpower for implementation of several high
tech based horticulture development programmes. There
is also need to encourage rural youth and women for
hands on training by Horticulture Department.5. Quality planting material suitable for protected struc-
tures should be ensured at the time of granting the scheme
of funding to the grower. 6. Development of large protected model for vegetables
and flowers may be started in the peri-urban areas
particularly near Delhi.7. Research and development funds for horticulture
and protected cultivation should be provisioned.
Research gaps & development of human resources
should be addressed. 8. Processing and value addition at ready to cook level for
fruits and vegetables should be at production site. Policy
and technical support for processing and value addition
need to be addressed. 9. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on fruits and vege-
tables should be promoted, this will automatically
increase the demand of fruits and vegetables in interna-
tional market.10. Village Panchayats should be motivated for develop-
ment of horticulture at village level and top level
panchayats should be rewarded for their motivation. 11. For Bagwani village proportional incentive on increase
in proportional growth.12. Appropriate risk management analysis for production,
marketing and post harvest losses should be there. 13. There is a need for strengthening of floriculture in
cluster approach mainly in peri-urban areas.14. Problem oriented and strategic research on development
of flower varieties for summer season is needed. At
present there is no variety suitable for cultivation in
summer season. 15. Floriculture is a good cash crop for small and marginal
farmers of peri-urban areas but a suitable policy support
for infrastructure, processing, value addition and market-
ing is required. Seed production of flowers need to be
focused.16. Organic Clusters for peri-urban farming may be
formulated.17. Geographical indication system (GIS) may be
considered.18. Addition of solar energy in peri-urban areas.19. Case study of sabjiwala from Patna is required.
Meeting of Working Group on Agricultural Extension with Deputy Directors of Agriculture Haryana Kisan Ayog organized a meeting of WG on Agricultural Extension with Deputy Directors of Agriculture of the State. The purpose of this meeting was to know the views of DDAs on revamping agricultural exten-sion in the State. The meeting was inaugurated by Dr K. P. Singh, VC, CCSHAU and presided over by Maj. Gen. Shrikant, VC, LUVAS, Hisar. The officials present in the meeting were :Dr J. C. Katyal, Ex. VC, CCSHAU and Chairman of WG on Agricultural Extension, Dr R. S. Dalal,Member Secretary, HKA, Dr B.S. Duggal, Ex Addl Director Agriculture, Dr A.M. Narula, Ex. ZPD Ext. ICAR, Dr R. K.Malik, Ex Director, Extension, CCSHAU,Dr R. B. Srivastava, Ex Assoc Director Planning, DDAs of different districts,Officers from CCSHAU and LUVAS,Dr Sandeep Kumar and Dr Gajender Singh, Reserach Fellows,HKA. Dr R. S. Dalal, Member Secretary, HKA welcomed the guests and participants. He informed that Ayog has submitted 12 reports to the government so far and series of meetings with stakeholders are being organized for the preparation of report on revamping agricultural extension in the State. Dr J. C. Katyal, made opening remarks and apprised the participants about the aims and objectives of the meeting with DDAs. He said that Government wants to double the income of farmers by 2022. Obviously, this will need rapid and timely transfer of latest and efficient technology pack-ages to the stakeholders. He said that climate change, water scarcity, soil health problems, challenges of storage, value addition, market competition and changing food habits have to be addressed by our extension system. He observed that the diminishing visibility of our extension agencies is discouraging. As per reports the visibility of our KVKs is only 2-3% and convergence among the extension agencies is at minimal level. Undoubtedly, this situation has to be corrected as the extension functionaries have now greater responsibilities for making State agriculture resilient, sustainable and competitive. Maj. Gen. Shrikant, Vice Chancellor, LUVAS said that dairying is one of the major components which provides sustainability to family income and livelihood of farmers, but comparatively little attention was paid in past to strengthen this sector. He said that the village water bodies, which provide very good support to animal rearing, are highly polluted with pesticides and the bacterial count in ponds is alarmingly high. This issue also needs attention of the planners and extension agencies. Dr K. P. Singh, Vice Chancellor, CCSHAU said that extension has played vital role in agricultural transformation in India, but extension work is given very little weightage in the career advancement of extension workers. He said that
area specific problems are to be tackled to maintain buoy-ancy in agriculture and accordingly extension system needs to respond. He was of the opinion that our traditional exten-sion system needs to be strengthened by adopting new tools of technology transfer such as ICT . He observed that Community Radio facility is under-utilized. It must be sincerely used for technology transfer as well as to promote social activities of catchment area. He emphasized upon
making commercialization of technologies as part of exten-sion activities. He said that impact analysis of our activities and its documentation need to be given importance as that will help in better planning in extension of technologies. He suggested for face-lifting of Kisan Melas to make them more informative so that farm innovators get chance to demon-strate their innovations. All DDAs were of the opinion that improvement in infrastructure and filling up of vacant posts are urgently needed to revamp agricultural extension in the State. They said that out of 34 soil testing labs, about 24 are nonfunc-tional. So this issue needs to be taken care of. They also said that farm Innovators be recognized and used as technology agents. A policy and feasibility for farmer-market linkage be developed. Initial ATMA model of extension was effective and efficient that should be revived. On-line applications to get funds for demonstrations by the farmers is not working well. It must be through Department of agriculture. Agribusiness and agri-service centers need to be strength-ened. The protected cultivation in Haryana can be popular-ized if cost of structures is reduced and the technology for the control of nematodes is developed. Besides, the Directors of Extension and HODs,Department of Extension Education CCSHAU and LUVAS also suggested that specialized trainings for extension staff need to be organized regularly particularly in the area of ICT and Agriculture/ veterinary graduates should be given licenses for the sale of Inputs. After this, Dr J.C. Katyal summed up the discussion and suggested that all officers and field functionaries need to go through Haryana Development Report and District Agriculture Plan that will help in their pursuits. He opined that subsidy must be on technology not on inputs
Address by Dr. K. P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, CCSHAU
of Honey Beekeeping in Haryana The meeting of the Working Group on “Promotion of Honey Beekeeping in Haryana” was held on 11-13 July and 25 July, 2016 at Ayog's office, Panchkula. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prof. V.K. Mattu, Chairman Working Group and former Head, Deptt. of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Dr. R.S. Dalal, Member Secretary, HKA; Dr. S.K. Garg, Former Head, Department of Zoology & Aquaculture, CCS HAU, Hisar–Member of Working Group; Dr. C. J. Juneja, Sr. Consultant (Bee-Keeping), Haryana State Horticulture Development Agency-Member; Dr. Jaspal Singh, Entomologist, PAU, Ludhiana-Member and Dr. Neelam Mattu and Dr. K. L. Sharma of Deptt. of Biosciences, HPU,Shimla as special invitee participated in the meeting. Research fellows of the Ayog Dr. Gajender Singh, Dr Sandeep Kumar and Mrs. Vandana also took part in this meeting. Members and the Chairman of the working group read the topics and discussed at length and incorporated the suggestions/corrections pointed out by the members. List of recommendations to be included were once again discussed and listed. At the end of the day all the chapters were once again reviewed and organised /discussed. Thereafter the draft will be submitted to the Member Secretary/Nodal Officer to be published .
Working Group on Promotion of Honey
Beekeeping in Haryana Submitted its
Report Haryana Kisan Ayog constituted a Working Group on Promotion of Honey Beekeeping in Haryana to address the issues and concerns of the beekeepers, farmers, extension workers, researchers, beekeeping professionals and the stakeholders to review the R & D programmes for enhanced honey production and productivity in the State. The group comprising of four well-known scientists Prof. V.K. Mattu, Chairman Working Group and former Head, Deptt. of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Dr. S.K. Garg, Former Head, Department of Zoology & Aquaculture, CCS HAU, Hisar, Dr. C. J. Juneja, Sr. Consultant (Bee-Keeping), Haryana State Horticulture Development Agency, Dr. Jaspal Singh, Entomologist, PAU, Ludhiana as members of this group. Dr. Gajender Singh HKA acted as Nodal Officer. This report of the Working Group on Honey Beekeeping is an attempt to deliberate upon all the aspects of beekeeping/apiculture as set forth in terms of reference for the working group. The report in four detailed sections with many chapters has assessed the present status of beekeeping and its stakeholders in Haryana, identified the opportunities as well as challenges for further growth and provided appropriate technological, developmental and policy options for the future growth and development of the state. The
report in particular has examined in details the farmer's perspective of beekeeping/pollination as well as economic development of this sector and has made recommendations for not only providing solutions to their concerns but also implementing policy options for horticulture and other departments of the state Government to bring a qualitative and quantitative change in the state for functioning of the beekeeping sector.
Working Group Meeting on Animal Nutrition
Pertaining to Milk Cattle and Buffaloes Haryana Kisan Ayog has recently formed a working group on Animal Nutrition Pertaining to Milk Cattle and Buffaloes in the context of ever growing importance of cattle and buffaloes as source of income of farmers. It is widely realized that the role of cattle and buffaloes holds the key for the revolution in the country. First meeting of the working group was held on 5th august, 2016 under the chairmanship of Dr. N. N. Pathak chairman of the working group and former Director CIRB, Hisar. Dr. R.S. Dalal, Member Secretary HKA and members of the Working Group Dr. D.C. Sangwan, Ex-Prof. & Head, Animal Nutrition, CCSHAU, Dr. B.S. Jhorar, Ex-Head, Forage Section, CCSHAU, Dr S.S. Dahiya Principal Scientist, Animal Nutrition & Feed Technology, CIRB and Dr. Nand Kishore Head Deptt. of Animal Nutrition LUVAS participated in this meeting. Dr.Sandeep Kumar, Research Fellow, HKA were also present in this meeting. At the very outset, Dr.R.S.Dalal welcomed the Chairman and other participants of the meeting and introduced all the members of working group. After that Dr.N.N. Pathak summersied the terms of refer-ences of the group and opined the importance of animal husbandry and dairy for the overall contribution in the growth of GDP in the agriculture. He further told that animal husbandry plays a key role in increasing the income of landless farmers. Later on other members of the working group also discussed in detail the status of feed and fodder in the state for increasing the milk yield in cattle and buffalos.
Meeting in progress
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The Pragatisheel Kisan Club of District Sirsa came into existence in 2001-02 under the guidance of Department of Agriculture Haryana. Shri Surinder Singh was unani-mously elected President of this club. With the help of Officers/Functionaries of Department of Agriculture, this club was registered in 2002-03. After the registration, the club members regularly meet on every 10th day of the month.
The Main objective behind establishing the club was to mitigate farmers' problems and strengthen their spirits at the local level. The club has 50 active members who are sup-posed to disseminate the information to the rest of the farming community. The meeting of the club is chaired by Deputy Director Agriculture and President of Kisan Club and the officers of the Department of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Forest and irrigation are also active participants of the meeting. The main objective of the meetings is to provide an opportunity to the farming community to share their experiences and come out with concrete suggestions to solve their problems. For providing maximum benefits to farmers, seminars and workshops were conducted wherein eminent scientists and agri-experts were invited from ICAR, CCS
HAU, PNB and SBI who gave important information on crop production, improved agriculture practices and schemes in the Banks.
The club has a regular practice of organizing farmer camps and workshops in which scientist and experts are invited to disseminate the information among farmers about various latest technologies. The club also encourages the farmers for participation in agricultural seminars, workshops and kisan melas. The club provides awareness to the farmers for the proper application of insecticides, pesti-cides, weedicides and fertilizers under the proper guidance of eminent Agriculture Scientists. In fact, this club acts as the bridge between administration and farmers. This Kisan club has made so many achievements after it came into existence. Sh. Surinder Singh was awarded with “Best Farmer Award” at state level from Haryana Agriculture
department. He visited Israel as member of delegation from Government of Haryana. Recently he visited Republic of Mauritius. India Mauritius Trade and Culture Friendship form appointed him as Senior Advisor Agro Economy and he got Award of Honor from Prime Minister of Republic of Mauritius. The members of the Kisan Club frequently take part in different programmes organized by HKA and apprise the Ayog about the various problems being faced by farmers. The members of the club have also made a request to the Govt. of Haryana and Haryana Kisan Ayog to provide office and meeting space to various Kisan Clubs that will help in increasing the working efficiency of Kisan Clubs and ultimately, the clubs can be useful in making agriculture a science based occupation. President of Kisan Club have also made a request that they must be called in meeting of District level grievances committee in every district of State.
Club members on training
Prime Minister of Republic of Mauritius honored Surinder Singh
This is a success story of Smt. Sona Devi, a progressive woman farmer from Yamunanagar district Harewal village who has been honored with Krishi Karman Award for 2014-2015. It carries a cash prize of Rs 2 Lakh along with “Prashashti Patra” from Hon'ble Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi.
Her husband died of heart attack in 1988 when she was 27 years old. At that time, she had two sons, one of her son was about 2 years old and another son was just a day old. Since then, 30 years have passed; she has been practic-ing farming all by herself on 5 acres of land. She has dedicated her life to up bring her two sons and send them to better school with her consistent hard work. She was awarded for her exemplary performance in the field of paddy production. Hon'ble Prime Minister congratulated her and the Haryana govt for increase in paddy production, talking on “Krishi Unnati Mela”. She was also appreciated by Hon'ble CM of Haryana; Sh. Manohar Lal Khattar that it was possible due to the outstanding efforts of such farmers that Haryana had registered a record production of 40.06 lakh tonnes of paddy in 2014-2015 and the State has been awarded with Krishi Karman award in the rice category for 2014-2015.
She has transplanted Arize-6444 variety of paddy and produced 20 quintal in an acre. The yield was 12.500 kg; 5000 kg/ha. Her cost of cultivation was Rs 45,000/ha and the remuneration as per MSP were Rs 75,000/ha. So
she earned a net profit of Rs 27,500/ha. Other crops grown by her are Jawar and Wheat. Her performance in terms of production and productivity of paddy was a milestone in itself. Her efforts include maintenance of soil health, water management, resource saving techniques such as seed treatment, spray for sheath rot, spray for false smut and integrated nutrient management (INM). She belives that small investment gives more profit in agriculture. She encourages and motivates other farmers for adoption of integrated practices which saves time,resource and money.
Her hard work has helped in wider recognition to her efforts. She is now a role model for other women farmers of State. Such women farmers are enhancing the quality of their lives by improving their yields and profits. Haryana is proud to have such hardworking women who are taking care of earth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi honors progressive farmer Sona Devi
A delegation from Haryana under the leader-ship of honourable Agriculture Minister of Haryana, Sh O. P. Dhankar went on a tour to California University on August 3, 2016 for ten days. They were accompanied by two MLA's, Sh Bhagwan Daas Kabeer Panthi and Sh Jasbeer Deshwal, along with Sh V. S. Kundu, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Dept., Sh Gajender Jhakar, Director General, Animal Husbandry Dept., Sh Arjun Singh Saini, Director General, Horticulture Dept. and Sh Abhinav Balyan, a progressive farmer. The delegation witnessed a “Farm to Market” model at Salinas Valley and Santa Maria on Saturday. They were also made aware about the processing, packaging and marketing strategy of Agio Industries upon which it was decided to setup such a plant in Haryana.
After the visit, Sh. O.P. Dhankar expressed that in California, small but beneficial technologies are being
adapted for welfare of farmers. The techniques if applied in Haryana can do wonders, as we have less agriculture land and fewer resources. He further said that a normal
Activities of Department of Horticulture, Haryana
Delegation on the farm of Agio IndustriesCont..
Success Story of Smt Sona Devi: A Progressive Innovative Farmer
Smt. Sona Devi
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brick structure with an earthen pot technique could work as refrigerating device and can bring down the temperature to
0around 10 C. A small solar powered AC cold room storage
can help small and marginal farmers to store vegetables before transporting to market. Plastic bags can be used in place of overhead tank in drip irrigating the fields to con-serve water. Agriculture minister also said that the California Agriculture University has shown interest in associating with the Haryana Agriculture and horticulture
dept. for the upliftment of the farmer's status in Haryana. He also informed that an MOU has been signed on 6.9.2016 between Dr. Arjun Singh Saini, Director General, horticul-ture Dept. and Dr. Steven P Bitler, Vice chairman, Agio Industries for setting up of processing, packaging and marketing unit in Haryana. Haryana Govt on the occasion of Golden jubilee celebration of Haryana State, announced a grant of 93 crore for transforming 340 villages into horticulture villages.
Directorate of Extension Education, LUVAS organized workshop on Gau Sanrakshan and Sanvardhan on July 22, 2016. On this occasion, Maj Gen (Dr.) Shri Kant Vice-Chancellor was Chief Guest and Maj Kartar Singh (Retd.) as Guest of Honor. Speaking on this occa-sion VC, LUVAS said that farmers will be benefitted by associating Gau Sanvardhan with organic farming. Maj Gen Kartar Singh said that main objectives include
development of pure desi breeds and promotion of organic farming. Dr. Ravinder Sharma Director of Research, LUVAS told that university will develop kit to identify A1 and A2 milk.
New Animal Genomics Laboratory
Maj Gen.(Dr) Shri Kant, SM, VSM Vice-Chancellor, LUVAS inaugurated animal genomics laboratory in the Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, LUVAS on August12, 2016. In this newly created facility, pioneer work on A2 and A1 profiling of recently developed 'Hardhenu' breed and indigenous cattle and buffalo breeds in relation to production and health would be undertaken for the first time in the region.
Laboratory has been established under RKVY with a budget of Rs. 45 lakh which will provide facilities for conducting research on molecular markers for production and health of animals.
Delegation from Nepal Visited LUVAS, Hisar
A delegation led by Dr. I.K.Jha Joint Secretary (Ministry of Agricultural Development), Government of Nepal and Coordinator of Project for Agricultural Commercialization and Trade (PACT) visited LUVAS on July 20, 2016. Members of the delegation met the Maj Gen (Dr) Shri Kant, VC, LUVAS and had discussions on issues of mutual interest between Haryana and Nepal in livestock development. Some innovative livestock breeders also met the delegation and discussed about the possibility of trade between Haryana and Nepal.
Pashu Vigyan Kendra Inaugurated at Rewari
Maj Gen (Dr.) Shri Kant Vice-Chancellor, LUVAS Inaugurated Pashu Vigyan Kendra at Rewari Dist. Mahendergarh on September 3, 2016. On this occasion a farmer meeting was organized in which more than 400 farmers participated including large number of women. Speaking on this occasion, Maj Gen (Dr. ) Shri Kant VC, LUVAS said that with start of Pashu Vigyan Kendra at Rewari, farmers in this area will be benefitted.
