BHU signs agreement with FAARD to prepare roadmap for agricultural development

VARANASI: The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Tuesday signed a document of agreement with NGO Foundation for Advancement of Agriculture and Rural Development (FAARD) to prepare a roadmap for the agricultural development by undertaking project-training programmes, technology transfer and other outreach programmes of rural development.
According to the BHU spokesperson Rajesh Singh, the agreement was signed in presence of the BHU vice chancellor Prof.Rakesh Bhatnagar, FAARD president and former BHU vice chancellor and chancellor of Rani Laxmibai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi Prof. Panjab Singh.
After the agreement, the BHU with its laboratory and other infrastructure of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences will work together with FAARD to develop a futuristic roadmap for the farming sector. The students in agriculture courses of BHU will make field visits to the places of FAARD supported progressive farmers. It will help in preparing a baseline survey of the farmers.
The FAARD has been holding various technical and training programmes for farmers since 2005. It has been providing technical support to 18 Farmers Producers Organisations (FPOs) and also providing services to other farmer groups of eastern UP to make them self-reliant.
Presently, the FAARD in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is engaged in works like providing improved seeds to farmers, organizing training programmes and technical demonstration for the promotion of agri export under Biotech Kisan Pariyojna of the department of biotechnology.