Punjab Aims To Spread Technological & Scientific Advancements In Cultivation Of Fruits
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, November 19, 2015: In a bid to strengthen the infra structure for the preservation of the citrus fruits, the government of Punjab has established Centre of Excellence for Citrus fruits at Khanaura (...
Chandigarh, November 19, 2015: In a bid to strengthen the infra structure for the preservation of the citrus fruits, the government of Punjab has established Centre of Excellence for Citrus fruits at Khanaura ( Hoshiarpur) at a cost of Rs. 10.30 crore, informed a spokesperson from Punjab government and added that the state government is making concerted efforts for the same.
He said that the centre aims at making the Punjab farmers aware of the latest technological and scientific advancements in cultivation of fruits. The Centre has been set up on a large agriculture farm of about 27 acres abutting Hoshiarpur-Phagwara road. Since the main objective of the centre is to promote horticulture, maximum area has been kept for it. Out of about 27 acres 24 acres has been reserved for setting up plant nurseries and orchards. Only 3 acres has been kept for necessary building infrastructure.
He said that in order to increase production of fruits in the state, Horticulture department has sold 20 thousand virus-free plants grown by drip farming processing at Modern Nursery to the farmers. He said that gardens of twenty varieties Citrus fruits including Orange, Malta, Grape- fruits etc have been developed in the State after importing the high quality seed from U.S.A and Israel.
Date:
Thursday, November 19, 2015