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HEC project for SAU approved
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27(Dawn): The Central Development Working Party at a recent
meeting has approved a Higher Education Commission project to strengthen and
develop the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam.
According to the HEC,
the project aims at improving professional knowledge base and skills of the
university teachers as part of a faculty development programme through long and
short term foreign trainings. The project includes human resource development of
41 faculty members at foreign universities for PhD studies.
It will also
strengthen the existing infrastructure and academic facilities of teaching and
research which will improve the quality of education.
New centres in
priority areas of Seed Production and Development, Plant and Animal Genetic
Resource Conservation and Bio-saline Agriculture will be established to
consolidate and effectively utilize the resources in a focused
manner.
Laboratories will be established in Agronomy, Plant Breeding,
Genetics, Soil Sciences, Horticulture, Animal Breeding and Genetics, Animal
Reproduction, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Education
departments.
The successful implementation of the project will help the
university to embark upon research on various issue related to agriculture and
its applied sciences. It will help disseminate appropriate technologies aimed at
decreasing cost of production and increasing production.
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