In order to encourage research works in the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), the Uttarakhand State project approval committee has given the green signal to four research projects in the university. A sum of Rs20 crore has been approved under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana for conducting these research works.
Recently, the research works were approved in the meeting of the state level project approval committee presided over by the chief secretary. As per the approval, research will be conducted on enterprise development in bee culture, microbiological inoculation, increase in agricultural productivity and development of agriculture through establishment of community radio stations in the 13 districts of the State. The director of the university’s research directorate, Dr JP Singh said that the approved research projects would help facilitate increase in the productivity and quality of crops and skills of farmers in the State and across the country.