Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu is going to hold a two-days’ Regional conference on Speciality Agriculture in the Context of Farm economy of Himalayan Region on September 21 & 22 at the Main Campus, Chatha. The conference is
expected to be attended by renowned agricultural economists and scientists. In this regard, a meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Prof. J. P. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST- Jammu to review the preparations for the event. Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu, during his
deliberation, congratulated the Organizing Secretary, Prof. Jyoti Kachroo for conducting the very important event of present era. He emphasized the role of specialty agriculture in the growing economy of India and sought active participation and deliberations on important themes of the conference from research scientists, students, industry experts, start-ups from prestigious organizations in the country. Prof. Sharma informed that one session will be exclusively kept for
Farmer-Student-Startups-Scientist interaction so that all the stakeholders in the agriculture field will be on same platform to discuss the issues and challenges. Organising secretary of the conference, Prof. Jyoti Kachroo, Head, Agricultural Economics and ABM and Director (P&M) said that the event will provide a platform for scientists, academicians, students industry representatives, and policymakers to discuss the specialty agriculture research and policies in the
Jammu and Kashmir UT and at National level. She further said that leading Indian economists, agricultural scientists and academicians will deliver keynote lectures, while researchers from leading institutes of India will also share their ongoing research on specialty agriculture,
entrepreneurship development and start-up ecosystem. The conference is being organised by Division of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management of SKUAST-Jammu in collaboration with Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Mumbai. The two-day event will be held at Baba Jitto Auditorium at SKUAST-Jammu, Chatha. The meeting was attended by Prof. Pradeep Wali Director Research, Prof. R.K. Nanda Director Education, Prof. S.E.H. Rizvi, Dean FBSc, Sh. Madan Lal, Comptroller, Sh. Iqbal Singh, Estates Office, Prof. Sushil Sharma, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Dr. Rajesh Katoch, DSW, Prof A K Sharma, University Librarian, other officers and event organising committee members from SKUAST- Jammu.
