SKUAST-K holds 3 entrepreneurship programmes on hybrid seed production

Srinagar, Nov 3: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir organised three entrepreneurship awareness programmes on ‘Hybrid Seed Production of Vegetable Crops’ in Ganderbal district.

A statement said that training was organised by SKUAST-K’s Division of Vegetable Science under the sponsorship of the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

This programme under the EAP scheme is an effort to provide awareness to vegetable growers or budding entrepreneurs about hybrid seed production of vegetable crops. The objective of this awareness program was to identify gaps in the startup ecosystem and develop strategies to create an enabling environment for scaling up successful agri-startups.

The trainings were conducted at three locations i.e., Gutlibagh, Khranihama and Repore areas of District Ganderbal on separate dates, and fifty participants attended each program. During the awareness programme lectures were delivered by experts from the Division of Vegetable Science Dr Ummyiah H Masoodi,  Dr Syed Berjes Zehra and Dr Asima Amin who highlighted different aspects/importance of hybrid seed production in vegetable crops like a scientific package of practice, seed extraction, seed drying, and packaging.