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          Potato Technology Centre helping



          potato growers in Haryana



                   aryana having excellent geographical location   agricultural exports. Of the total GDP from agriculture,
                   with climate ranging from dry sub- humid to    6% is contributed by the horticulture sector in spite of
 Dr. J S Yadav  Dr.  Satyender Yadav  Dr. Ajay Singh
 Managing Director (COSAMB)  Deputy Director Horticulture  Registrar  Harid is ideally suited for cultivation of wide   the enormous possibilities of much higher returns and
 National Council of State Agriculture Marketing Board  Potato Technology Centre Shamgarh  Maharana Partap Horticultural University  variety of horticultural crops. While the state has made   employment opportunities as a result of better land use
 New Delhi-India  Karnal-India  Karnal- India
           tremendous progress in the  ield of crop production, its   by growing high value horticultural crops. This has been
           growth in Horticulture has to be accelerated to ensure   amply demonstrated from the horticultural during the
           much needed agricultural diversi ication as well as    last two decades. Horticulture development has assumed
           increased income of the farmers. The present area under   greater importance all over the country in general and
           horticulture is around 4.23 lakh ha (6.34 %), which can   Haryana State in achieving food and nutrition security in
           easily be increased to cover at least 10 per cent of   particular. Moving from rural con ines, horticulture has
           cultivated area. Although in recent past, much faster   become a pro itable commercial enterprise. During the
           progress has been made, yet there is an urgency to     last two decades it has attracted private sector
           harness the bene its of advances in horticultural research   investment in production system management. The
           for inclusive development.                             economic importance of horticultural produce and
 Mr. Shmuel Katz  Mr. Bhaskar Rao  Dr. Bhoopinder Kumar Singh
 Former Indo-Israel Expert  Controlled Environment Horticulturist  Senior Scientist & Head  Increased production of horticultural crops can help in   products has been increasing over the years due to
 MOSHAV- Beerotayin  Hydroponic Expert  KVK- Madanapuram,         increasing domestic and international demand.
 Israel  Al Ghalia Farms- Bahrain  Telangana  improving both food and nutrition security, enhancing
           rural employment, alleviating poverty and promoting    Investments made in horticulture Department of















 Dr. R K Thakur  Dr. Madhu Bala   Lt. Cdr (retd) CV Prakash
 Honey Bee Expert  Floriculture Expert  Hydroponic Expert
 Project Coordinator AICRP   Punjab Agricultural University  Farmer-in-Chief- The Pet Bharo Project
 IARI New Delhi-India  Ludhiana-India  Bangalore-India















 Dr. Kanak Bala   Dr. Nagin Chand   Dr Ashok Yadav
 Entomology Expert   Food Processing Expert  Plant Breeding (Scientist)
 Visiting Scientist  Principal Scientist (Rtd.)  IHBT- Palampur
 Canada  CFTRI- Mysore-India  (Himachal Pradesh)-India



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