Prof. J.P. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu in his address highlighted that per capita land, water availability is fast dwindling and under such situation resource poor farmers are more vulnerable to the climatic vagaries. The higher temperature associated with other biotic stresses will drastically reduce the yield of wheat and other major crops, Prof. Sharma said. He impressed on the scientists to develop technologies that are more water and nutrient efficient so as to cope up with the climatic stress and develop climate smart societies.
Prof. Nazir A. Ganai, Vice Chancellor of the SKUAST-Kashmir in his remarks elaborated about the achievements of the University in the recent past. Prof. Ganai sensitised all the stakeholders about the vulnerability and fragility of the Himalayan agro-ecosystems to the natural disasters and climatic changes and spoke about the role Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, IOT, Remote Sensing and GIS based technologies in the development of precision and climate smart agriculture. He urged the scientists to frame their research commensurate with the national slogan of organic and natural farming and popularising the inputs and technologies among the farmers developed by the University.
