Haryana
Agricultural University and Indian Oil Corporation join hands to support rural community
JAG MOHAN
THAKEN – Editor GROUND POST
Chandigarh
(Ground Post), 8 December:
Landless
labourers, unemployed and uneducated men and women farmers of Haryana will now get
financial and technical help in setting up a beekeeping unit. For this, an MOU
has been signed
between
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar and Indian Oil
Corporation Limited in the presence of Vice Chancellor, Prof. B.R.Kamboj, Dr.
Jeetram Sharma, Director of Research on behalf of the University and SK
Kanojia, Executive Director, Northern Regional Pipeline on behalf of Indian Oil
Corporation Limited.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor Prof. B.R. Kamboj said that Haryana is one of the leading States in honey production in India as it has varying Agro-climatic conditions and crop diversity in
different
zones. In Haryana, where average land holding is less than 0.75 ha, beekeeping
can provide better food, balanced nutrition and additional income to small and
marginal farmers and self-employment to unemployed youth. In addition to the
revenue obtained from honey and other bee products, pollination activates of
honeybees will contribute to the increased crop yield to the extent of 20-80
per cent in most cultivated crops through cross pollination.
S.K.
Kanojia, Executive Director, Northern Regional Pipeline of Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd. said that Beekeeping enterprise is suitable for people from
all walks of life as a hobby, subsidiary occupation for supplementing income or
as a whole-time job for self-employment. He hoped that this MoU with CCSHAU,
Hisar will help to achieve goals of Corporate Social Responsibility. He further
said that this collaboration will usher a real ‘Madhu Kranti’ in Haryana as
also to fulfil the goal of Govt. of India and Govt. of Haryana of doubling
farmers income.
Dr.
Sunita Yadav, Head and Project Officer, Department of Entomology, said that
four districts of Haryana have been selected in the initial phase under the
Madhukranti scheme, on the theme of sustainable economic and nutritional
security by adopting scientific beekeeping and diversification in various
districts of Haryana. These districts include Karnal, Kurukshetra, Jhajjar and
Sonipat. A total of 120 unemployed youth and women from these four districts
will be given training related to beekeeping for setting up small beekeeping
units with the supervision and help of Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
On this
occasion, apart from Deputy General Manager, Neeraj Singh and Manager Anurag
Jaiswal from Northern Regional Pipeline, OSD Dr. Atul Dhingra, Dean PGS Dr.
K.D. Sharma, Co-Project Coordinator in the Department of Entomology, Dr.
Surendra Singh Yadav, Dr. Manoj Kumar, Dr. Harish were also present.
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