Uttarakhand Agriculture Minister Ganesh Joshi is on an introductory tour of European countries these days. Recently, he had signed an MoU with an organization in Germany, which will give positive benefits to organic agriculture in Uttarakhand.
State Agriculture Minister Ganesh Joshi, who arrived in Switzerland on Tuesday, visited FIBL (Organic Agricultural Research Institute). On this occasion, FIBL Institute Director Byte Huber welcomed the Agriculture Minister and the visiting team with him and made a presentation regarding the research and work being done by the Institute in the field of organic agriculture. On this occasion senior scientist Amritbir Riar also gave a presentation of Resilient Cropping Method. Along with this, presentation was made on socio-economic policy making and presentation was also made on organic cotton and other cropping methods.
After the meeting, the Agriculture Minister and the team of MLAs also took a field tour of the techniques related to agriculture and animal science in the institute. Sikkim’s Agriculture Minister Loknath Sharma, Karnataka’s Agriculture Minister BC Patil were also present in the program. The Agriculture Minister of the state also honored the Agriculture Ministers of both the states and the entire team of FIBL by wearing a Uttarakhandi cap.
The FIBL organization has been established for almost 50 years in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and is a leading organization in biological research across Europe. On this occasion, Roorkee MLA Pradeep Batra, Yamkeshwar MLA Renu Bisht, Kapkot MLA Suresh Gadia, Bhimtal MLA Ram Singh Kaida, Almora MLA Manoj Tiwari, Dharchula MLA Harish Singh Dhami along with Director of Seed Certification Agency KC Pathak, Managing Director of Organic Board Vinay Kumar, Deputy Director Dr. JS Nayal along with officials from Sikkim and Karnataka were present.
