By Punjabnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH,
FEB 12
The Punjab Government today inked a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Monsanto Holdings Private Limited to
jointly establish three Centers of Excellence for the promotion of
Cotton, Maize and Vegetables in Punjab.
Disclosing
this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the MoU
was signed by Financial Commissioner Development (FCD) Mr. GS Sandhu and CEO
(India Region) Monsanto Holdings Private Limited Mr. Gynendre Shukla in the
presence of Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal here at the Chief
Minister’s official residence this morning.
According to the
MoU a long term partnership and collaboration in fields of Agriculture would be
established for sustainable agricultural growth in the state, both the State
Government and Monsanto Holdings Private Limited would explore the possible
areas of partnership and to use collective expertise for the evaluation,
development and implementation of practical solutions to enhance agricultural
productivity in Punjab.
Highly
appreciating the joint efforts taken by the Monsanto with the State government,
Mr. Badal asked the FCD to immediate constitute a team of his officers and the
representatives of Monsanto to finalize the sites for these
centers. He also suggested establishing Centre for Cotton in
Bathinda district, for Mazie in Doaba region and for vegetables in Amritsar
district. Mr. Badal said that
the state had already prepared the crop diversification plan and these centers
could play a vital role for the effective implementation of this plan through
providing all technical know-how and by establishing coordination with the
farmers at grass root levels. He also emphasized the need to
introduce the mechanical harvesting of the Cotton in the state.
Taking part in
the deliberations, CEO (India region) Mr. Gynendre Shukla and Executive Vice
President Mr. Jerry Stinev (both) of Monsanto Holdings Private Limited,
appreciated the concern shown by the Chief Minister and swift administrative actions
for materializing this MoU. They also assured full cooperation with the State
Government in a result oriented and time bound manner.
Prominent
amongst others who attended the ceremony included Chairman Punjab Farmer’s
Commission Dr. GS Kalkat, Financial
Commissioner Development Mr.GS Sandhu, Special Principal Secretary to the Chief
Minister Mr. Gaggandip Singh Brar, Vice Chancellor Punjab Agricultural
University Dr. BS Dhillon, MD Milkfed Mr. BS Sidhu and Director Agriculture Mr.
Mangal Singh besides the representatives of Monsanto Holdings
Private Limited Ms. Melissa Augustin, Ms. Shilpa Nirula, Mr. Sharad Kumar, Mr.
Rajnish Kumar and Mr. Baljinder Singh
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