TATA Trust to Support Revival of Agriculture
July 4, 2008| |
In view of the success of the Revival of Green Revolution (RGR) project in Punjab, the Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) has further extended its financial support to the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) for the development of IPM modules for rice, maize and vegetable crops. Operational since 2002, the RGR has made Integrated Pest Management (IPM) a popular programme in the cotton belt of Punjab. The Sir Ratan Tata Trust is one of the oldest philanthropic institutions in India, and has played a pioneering role in changing the traditional ideas of charity and introducing the concept of philanthropy.
In addition, the SRTT along with the World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) in Taiwan has initiated an ambitious project for designing state-of-the-art and economical net-house design, alternate vegetable crop sequences and matching production technology for the year-round cultivation of vegetable crops and establishment of nutrition home gardens. Dr. DS Chahal, Executive Director of RGR also revealed in the press release that a couple of new projects were initiated to seek solutions to critical issues like labour, water and profitable marketing, and has also launched the PAU for farmers' participatory exploratory project on direct seeded rice.
For details of TATA Trust and Govt of Punjab's Revival of Green Revolution (RVR) project : http://www.icar.org.in/news/tatatrust_PAU.htm. Other activities of Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) are available at the SRTT website: http://www.srtt.org/ or by emailing srtt@tata.com. For further information on biotechnology in India contact b.chaudhary@cgiar.org
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