BARAPANI (MEGHALAYA): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for North Eastern Hills is working towards making the region self-sufficient in agricultural production.
"Our vision is that there should be no foodgrain deficiency by the year 2050," ICAR director SV Ngachan said on the occasion of the 38th foundation day of the institute here on Wednesday.
He said this "mission" could be achieved through flagship programmes pertaining to improvement in 'jhum' cultivation and adopting "adaptive, specialty, smart and precision agriculture".
Presently, the region is 56% deficient in meat production, 62.5% deficient in milk, 85% deficient in eggs and 54% deficient in production of fish. However, stating that this was a challenge for the ICAR to meet, he called upon the scientific community to work towards self-reliance.
"Our vision is that there should be no foodgrain deficiency by the year 2050," ICAR director SV Ngachan said on the occasion of the 38th foundation day of the institute here on Wednesday.
He said this "mission" could be achieved through flagship programmes pertaining to improvement in 'jhum' cultivation and adopting "adaptive, specialty, smart and precision agriculture".
Presently, the region is 56% deficient in meat production, 62.5% deficient in milk, 85% deficient in eggs and 54% deficient in production of fish. However, stating that this was a challenge for the ICAR to meet, he called upon the scientific community to work towards self-reliance.
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