Three Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be exchanged for the promotion of horticulture and fisheries in Haryana during the Agri leadership Summit 2017 to be held at Surajkund in district Faridabad.
The three days second Agri leadership Summit-2017 will be held from March 18 to 20.
While Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh would be the chief guests at the inauguration ceremony of Summit, Chief Minister Manohar lal would be the chief guest at Kisan Sammelan on March 19.
Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Abhilaksh likhi on Thursday said that during the Summit, Chief Minister Manohar lal would launch Crop Cluster Development Programme on Farm Marketing and a new programme on Hi-tech Ornamental Fish Hatchery in Haryana.
The Chief Minister would also unveil the Crop Cluster Booklet 2017 and Agri leaders’ Booklet 2017 besides giving away prizes and awards to agri leaders in field of horticulture and fisheries.
likhi said that while MoU for Research and Development would be exchanged between Wageningen University and Research and University of Horticultural Sciences Haryana, MoU for Research and Development would be exchanged between Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) and Department of Horticulture, Haryana.
Apart from this, an MoU for Technology Transfer would be exchanged between Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Mumbai and Department of Fisheries, Haryana. He said that motivation through achievers, peri urban farming, farm to consumers directly, electronic farm trading, organic farming and A2 milk: healthy milk would be the key focus areas of the three-day Summit. Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki would be the chief guest on valedictory and award ceremony on March 20.