Punjab News Badal hails setting up of BISA at ludhiana

Lily

B.R
Staff member
Chandigarh October 2:

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for their decision to set up the prestigious ‘Borlaug Institute for South Asia’ (BISA) in Ludhiana.

In a statement here, Mr Badal said the Borlaug Institute for South Asia’ would go a long way towards the much needed second push for Green Revolution in the agrarian state where the traditional agriculture had already reached at a point of saturation. Mr Badal pointed out that the setting up of this institute would be a real tribute to the Noble laureate and father of the Green Revolution Norman E Borlaug who was intimately associated with Punjab, especially the Punjab Agricultural University, and the people of the state still remembered him with respect and affection.

He said Punjab rightly deserved this institute in view of its enormous contribution in the national food pool and the establishment of BISA in Punjab with satellite centers in Bihar and Madhya Pardesh would contribute significantly in improving the agriculture in the country in general and food security in particular. Therefore, the upcoming institute in the memory of Dr Borlaug, to be established at a cost of nearly Rs 500 crore, would be instrumental in giving a boost to the agriculture research and providing Indian agricultural scientists an opportunity to work with international scientists.

Mr Badal also hoped that this Institute would also prove to be a milestone in ushering in an era of diversification of agriculture by encouraging the value added crops like Maize and Oil seeds, ultimately helping the farmers to come out of the rut of wheat-paddy cycle.

 
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