Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) here on Friday for working together in areas of changing cropping patterns and watersheds, as part of achieving sustainable development goals and enhancing farmers’ livelihood.
The MoU was executed by director general of NIRDPR G. Narendra Kumar and registrar of PJTSAU S. Sudheer Kumar in the presence of vice-chancellor V. Praveen Rao.
Before signing the MoU, the NIRDPR DG said that effective collaborations and partnerships with organisations working in the area of rural development would enhance the strength of the institutions in delivering their services. He stated that the Government of India was keen to evolve the micro-level agricultural planning at the gram panchayat level in the country to enhance livelihoods of farmers.
Stressing the need to redesign natural resources’ management (NRM) technologies related to watershed management and climate proof agriculture, the university VC said agricultural planning at panchayat level was the need of the hour. PJTSAU was excited to work with NIRDPR in the areas of climate proofing agriculture, NRM technologies, reducing malnutrition, mapping of village level resources and developing agriculture food value chain.
