Dr. Ramesh Kumar Goyal
Incharge
Mailing Address
Directorate of Extension Education
MHU, Karnal-132001,
Haryana, India
Mob. : 9416397529
E-mail : dee@mhu.ac.in
OBJECTIVES: Followings are the objectives of MHU, Karnal to boost Horticultural activities in the state of Haryana:-
- To promote recent advancements of Horticultural crops among Haryana farmers for taking maximum production, profit & productivity per unit area.
- To encourage farmers to adopt vertical farming system or Precision Farming System/( Protected cultivation of Vegetable Crops) for all the year round production of high value horticultural produce with excellent quality for better marketing.
- To impart efficient training programs on various aspect of Horticultural crop production technology to raise farm income and farmer’s economy with better life style.
- To promote Organic Farming cum Natural farming in Horticultural crops with balanced use of F.Y.M., nutrients for sustainable soil fertility, efficient use of major, secondary and micro-nutrients by using bio-fertilizers, for quality improvement, water harvest technology and promoting use of soil amendments.
- To make aware farmers about use of Biological control Agents against various insects- posts, diseases, root knot nematodes and viral attacks.
- To advise farmers to adopt post- harvest management practices for better shelf life, storability and disposal at maximum price in the market.
- To undertake Hybrid Seed Production of commercial vegetable and flower crops for maxi-mising productivity in Haryana.
- To inculcate farmers to adopt processing of fruits and vegetables on commercial scale to avoid glut in the market.
- To promote and extend agri-drone facility among farmers & to undertake production of virus free potato seed tubers.
- To develop package of practices of Horticultural crops for Haryana farmers.
- To show case MHU’s activities on many occasions e.g., Kisan Mela Agri. Expo and other Public sector Govt. instructions.
