Kathmandu–Minister for Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperatives, Chakra Pani Khanal, visited the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Senior officials of the Institute briefed the Minister about its research activities related to agriculture development as well as its academic programmes, said a press release issued by Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi. The Minister also visited the National Phytotron and Phenomics Facilities and the Centre for Protected Cultivation Technology located within the Institute premises.
It may be noted that founded in 1905, IARI is a leading institute in India for agricultural research, education and extension and has made significant contribution to India’s ‘green revolution’, a process in which traditional agricultural pattern was converted into a more productive industrial system.
The Institute also has Deemed University status and runs masters and doctoral programmes in various disciplines of agriculture science for Indian and foreign students, including some Nepali nationals.
Moreover, Minister Khanal visited the National Plant Quarantine Station in New Delhi and its various laboratories. The Minister is on the visit to India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart. RSS
