GADVASU to focus on dairy, fishery development

Ludhiana : Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) will prepare a road map for the development of dairy and fishery for the next 15 years in the state. In an interview with The Tribune, the GADVASU Vice-Chancellor, Dr VK Taneja, said the emphasis would be on the development of human resources and quality bulls for producing semen that could be exported to other countries besides meeting demand within the country. Dr Taneja, who has been given another term of four years which starts from December 20, said the main focus would be on developing entrepreneurship which could look after livestock on commercial scale. He said university experts were working on the development of fishery as a big source of income. It was proposed to raise the production of low-value fish to eight to 10 tonnes per hectare and transfer the same to value addition fish, which would be further propagated to high-value fish. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has also sanctioned a project for the development of fisheries under the niche area excellence project. It would help generate employment. Dr Taneja further said in the next four years, the emphasis would be on further strengthening infrastructure and technology. On the academic side, the Vice-Chancellor said he would lay more emphasis on the diagnostic management along with disease control. “I want that more and more private clinics should be opened by our students as there was a big scope for the same in view of the development of dairying in the state,” he said. Dr Taneja said the university would set up three krishi vigyan kendras at Talwara in Hoshiarpur district, Mohali and Barnala.