Women need to be trained in agricultural tech: HAU VC

Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) Vice-Chancellor, K S Khokhar today said that in view of the crucial role played by women in agriculture and livestock production, they should be imparted training to upgrade their knowledge and skills.
For agricultural development, it was necessary that women stays updated with all the latest technologies in this field, he said while talking to a delegation of agricultural experts from Swaziland.
The situation in Swaziland was not different from here as women folk there also contributed in agriculture equally to their male counterparts, Khokhar said.
The delegation which included seven agricultural officers and extension officers had been visiting the university since September 21 for training on good cultivation practices of maize.

The Vice-Chancellor said the developing nations are still plagued by challenges posed by food security, malnutrition, poverty and unemployment and need to cooperate with each other to get rid of those problems.
He said that Haryana Agricultural University had taken an initiative to share its improved and useful agricultural technologies with friendly nations.
The gates of the university were open for the students from Swaziland who after getting education from here would build a strong human resource to boost agricultural production of their motherland, Khokhar said.
Chritopher M, a member of the delegation expressed gratitude for the training and said it would help increase production of maize, which though a staple crop of Swaziland, had much less yield than Haryana.