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CSA varsity to help farmers increase yield
THE CHANDRA Shekhar Azad Agriculture and Technology University (CSA) has drawn up an ambitious plan to help farmers increase their crop yield.
THE CHANDRA Shekhar Azad Agriculture and Technology University (CSA) has drawn up an ambitious plan to help farmers increase their crop yield.
Talking to Hindustan Times, the vice-chancellor of the university, Dr VK Suri said during the past two decades there had been enough agro-research at different universities. The problem was that it did not reach the farmers.
“It was time to transfer laboratory knowledge to the real beneficiaries - the farmers,” he said. Introducing new technologies in farming was the only way to increase the crop production, which had gone down considerably in the recent years, he added.
“Under a new programme, farmers would be trained by the university scientists at their fields about the methods to use the required quality of fertilizers , seeds and equipments for ensuring scientific farming,” Dr Suri said.
Besides, they would also be informed about the ways to market their produce directly, removing the role of mediators.
A comprehensive plan was underway to help the farmers achieve better crop production, he said .
