Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 2: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu today organized a landmark Industry-Startup Outreach Programme under the Competitiveness Improvement of Agriculture and Allied Sectors Project (JKCIP) here.
Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, inaugurated the event.
The programme, attended by the senior Government officials, industry leaders, startups, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), academicians and students, was aimed at to strengthen the industry-academia-startup linkages in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.
The event was attended by Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu, Professor B.N.
Tripathi, Mission Director, JKCIP/HADP, Sandeep Kumar, statutory officers of the university, representatives of different institutions including IIIM Jammu, IIT Jammu, IIM Jammu, industry experts, UTLBC, J&K Bank, District Industries Centre (DIC) Jammu, startups and FPOs.
The Chief Secretary highlighted the need for FPOs to move beyond aggregation towards enterprise-oriented models centered on processing, packaging, branding and value addition to significantly enhance farmers’ incomes.
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