ITANAGAR, Nov 5:Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein today visited the proposed site for establishment of infrastructure for State Horticulture Research and Development Institute (SHRDI) at Jollang.

While interacting with the officers, he emphasized on creation of quality infrastructure for the research institute and to make it an important facility for horticultural research activities.

During the recent years, the DCM has lead several delegations of the officers of the department of Agriculture and Horticulture to international and national research organizations such as  International Rice Research Institute, Philippines , Highland Research and Development Institute, Chiang Mai Thailand and others to expose the officers to scientific advancement in agricultural technology.

Mein opined that unless there is strong R&D back-up the huge potential in horticulture cannot be actualized for want of quality planting materials and matching technology.

‘If horticulture sector is to be made a vibrant economic propeller in Arunachal Pradesh, R&D back up is indispensible,’ he said.

The SHRDI was created during Mein’s brief stint as Minister of Agriculture/Horticulture/ AH& Veterinary in year 2015.

He assured to give fund for the infrastructure development for the institute in phase manner starting from ensuing state budget and requested the Water Resource Department engineers to come up with detailed estimates and good architectural design to establish a state of art facility in the state.

The Head of SHRDI, Egam Basar explained about the plan of work and informed the DCM that in the first phase, requirement of infrastructure will include among others Administrative Block and two numbers of laboratories for production of planting materials and phyto-chemical analysis.   

Engineers from WRD department and scientists from SHRDI were also present during the visit.        

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