Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal has made an appeal to the Central Government to prepare separate work plan for improvement of higher education pertaining to agriculture and its allied sectors in the country under ‘Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan’ (RUSA).
Addressing the 87th general meeting of Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society in New Delhi, Agrawal said that special attention should be paid towards research and education of Agriculture and Animal husbandry.
“India’s development in agriculture can only be done by trained human resources. The sector carry vast opportunities of job and self-employment,” he said.
Notably, the meeting presided over by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh was attended by agriculture ministers and scientists of different states.
Meanwhile, Agrawal also informed that Chhattisgarh has tabled a proposal before the Centre to start as many as eight Agriculture Development Centers in the State and a team from Indian Council of Agricultural Research has recently visited six sites in this regard.
Agrawal also recommended for setting up of Agriculture Council of India on the line of Medical Council of India for ensuring quality, planning and regulation in Agriculture education. Keeping Chhattisgarh’s interest in mind, research projects on floriculture, micronutrient, renewable energy, women in agriculture profession and other topics should be allowed, the Minister highlighted before the Union Agriculture Minister.
Around 80 percent population in Chhattisgarh is comprised of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Caste people and they completely depend on agriculture, the Minister said, appealing ICAR to allocate more funds for strengthening such a bigger population in Agriculture education.