Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh visits ICAR-CRIDA

Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh visits ICAR-CRIDA

14th December 2022, Hyderabad

Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri R K Mathur visited ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad today. In his address, he urged to help the Ladakh region in crop planning, identifying suitable areas for different crops-annual, horticultural, and floriculture.  He also requested guidance in organic farming, medicinal and aromatic plants, and high value crops for enhancing the agriculture income so that the primary profession of agriculture will be more lucrative than tourism. 

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The Lt Governor was shown/demonstrated the small equipment /machines developed by ICAR-CRIDA.   He also visited different laboratories housed in the institute which are equipped with state-of-art facilities for carrying out research programmes.

Dr V. K. Singh, Director ICAR-CRIDA briefed about the the various initiatives/activities taken by ICAR-CRIDA under Technology Demonstration Component of NICRA at Ladakh. 

(Source: ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad)

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