China, Tajikstan keen on joint research with HAU

Hisar, Nov 8 : China and Tajikistan have expressed interest in initiating collaborative research programmes, including exchange of students with CCS Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) at Hisar in Haryana.

This was stated by HAU Vice-Chancellor K S Khokhar, who returned to Hisar yesterday after a tour to China where he attended a meet of the International Agriculture Science Forum at Yangling. HAU Director of Human Resource Management R K Kashyap had also accompanied him.

The meet was attended by 137 representatives of 19 countries, including the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, Israel, India, Kyrgyzstan, China and Mangolia.

In the light of similar research priorities which include higher productivity with food security, safety and environmental protection, they evinced interest in undertaking bilateral collaborative programmes with HAU.

Dr Khokhar said he had meetings with Prof Hou Xi, Vice-President of North-West Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, China and Prof Sattori Izzatullo, Rector, Tajik Agrarian University, Tazikistan on the sidelines of the International meet.

He said they discussed at length the aspects related to integrated rural development, extension and resource utilisation, public policy for rural development, rural financial agriculture and high energy efficiency in agriculture, agriculture technology innovations and environment restoration.

--UNI

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