HAU to cooperate with Sudan to setup agri varsities

Haryana Agriculture University will cooperate with Sudan in setting up agricultural universities in the African nation.
An assurance in this regard was given to a delegation from Sudan by the Vice-Chancellor K P Singh, an official release said.
A 3-member Sudanese delegation was here at HAU today to understand the university, its administrative setup, teaching and research infrastructure.
The delegation that was led by Yousif Fadlalla, Chairman of the Supreme Committee on Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and also included Ali Elsayed Ali Omer, Assistant to Chairman, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Ashraf Izzeldin Abdalla, Associate Professor of Al Zaein Al Azhari University of Sudan.

Leader of the Sudanese delegation said India was an agriculture dominated country and agricultural universities here have significantly contributed in boosting its agricultural production.
He further said that the government of Sudan was also keen to establish agricultural universities in the country, and the leading Indian agriculture varsities like HAU might be helpful to them.

Earlier also, HAU had been cooperating with countries like Swaziland and Mozambique in boosting their farm production.
The HAU Vice-Chancellor said since agro-climatic and soil conditions of some parts of Sudan were akin to Haryana, the collaboration would be beneficial to Sudan.
He said the university is all out to extend cooperation to friendly developing nations in their agricultural development.

In the meeting, the delegation also sought information on governance, curriculum development, student admission process at the university and its joint collaboration model.