Red rice farmers of Rohru get award

ur Correspondent

Palampur, November 11

Red rice farmers of Rohru received Rs 10-lakh Plant Genome Saviour Award from Union Agriculture Minister Narinder Singh Tomar at a function held in New Delhi today.

Varsha Sharma, Pradhan, Leela Vati, Dipna Mehta and Meena Kumari represented the Red Rice Farmers Society, and Dr Ajai Srivastava, scientist in charge, Rice and Wheat Research Station, Malan, and Ram Krishan, Subject Matter Specialist (SMS), Jubbal, were present to receive the award worth Rs 10 lakh, a citation and a memento.

Prof HK Chaudhary, Vice-Chancellor, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, conveyed his greetings to the farmers and appreciated the efforts of the university scientists to extend technical support to the farmers to bag the award.

He said this is India’s highest award for the farmers, given in recognition of their contribution in conserving and developing plant varieties. The V-C assured the farming community of extending all assistance, guidance and support in such endeavours in the coming times too.