Today (09/05/2022), Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technology has celebrated "National Agroforestry Day" at Agricultural Research Farm of the university. National Agroforestry Day is celebrated in the India over, every year on the eight day of May. Agroforestry can become an important tool to build resilience of farmers and rural people against threats of climate change and natural calamities. This can also help in greening the rural employment and rural development opportunities by providing agroforestry tree produce based economic opportunities to doubling the income. Honorable Vice Chancellor Prof (Dr.) Jagdish Gulati, initiated the event by planting one sampling of Moringa. Addressing the students on the occasion, he confessed the prominence of Agroforestry and its future prospects. In addition to that he also appreciated the herculean efforts of students of B.Sc. (Hons.) Ag & M.Sc. Ag (Agronomy) to make this agroforest plantation drive successful.
On the occasion, Hon'ble Pro - Vice chancellor, Prof (Dr.) LM. Srivastava & Prof.(Dr.) A.M. Agrawal, Vice President of UGI, Mr. Gaurav Gulati were also present to motivate the students in this direction and planting the one tree sapling. The event was accomplished under the guidance of Assc.Dean (P&D), Dr. Chetan Vyas Coordinator, FOAS &Tech, Dr. Devendra Kumar and other faculty members.
