In his inaugural address, Dr. K.M. Bujarbaruah, Vice-Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, underlined the horticulture sector’s success to increase the horticulture crops’ production in the recent years.
The ICAR-All India Coordinated Research Project on Fruits recently organized the Sixth Group Discussion at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat.
In his inaugural address, Dr. K.M. Bujarbaruah, Vice-Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, underlined the horticulture sector’s success to increase the horticulture crops’ production in the recent years. He also stressed on the need for a sustainable system. Dr. Bujarbaruah also accentuated the need for quantifying the ICAR-AICRP’s contribution for the success in horticulture sector.
The Guest of Honour, Dr. W.S. Dhillon, Assistant Director General (Horticultural Science – II), ICAR stressed on the need to have research programmes on rootstocks, High Density Planting coupled with suitable training system and ways for reducing the juvenility in fruit crop production system. He also emphasized the need for narrowing down the gap in research results’ availability and their application in farmers’ field.
The ICAR special invitee, Dr. B.M.C. Reddy, Former Vice-Chancellor, DR.YSR Horticulture University briefed about the AICRP’s historical background on Fruits along with its impact in different parts of the country with regard to spread of technologies.
Dr. Prakash Patil, Project Coordinator, ICAR-AICRP on Fruits, presented the progress of work done at the participating centres across the country on nine fruit crops (mango, Citrus, banana, guava, litchi, grapes, papaya, sapota and jackfruit).