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Itagar, April 8: In his visit to the tiol Research Centre on Yak (NRC-Y) at Dirang in West Kameng district on Friday, Aruchal Pradesh Governor P B Acharya said that technologies developed in the Centre should create wealth for the indigenous communities, state and the tion and it can only be done when the knowledge developed is transferred to the farms and society. Interacting with the scientists of the centre, the governor said that researches carried out in the Centre must be beneficial to the local communities, an official report informed here today. “It must be applicable in the development process of the society. Our ultimate goal is to develop our society, state and the tion. There must be visible development,” he stressed.
He advised the scientists to involve themselves beyond the mandates of the Centre by imparting latest scientific technologies amongst the farming communities. “Reach out to the farmers and empower them through the knowledge which you have gained through the research works you have carried out. If you make the farmer strong, you will make the state and the country stronger,” Acharya said. While, congratulating the scientists for their research work, the governor pointed out that motivation is required to make the youth take up entrepreneurship with the help of technologies developed in NRC-Y. Earlier, NRC-Y Director Dr S M Deb briefed the governor on the works under taken by the Centre, which is under Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He informed that with the mandate to identify, conserve and evaluate Yak of the region and to improve the draught and milk of Yak, the Centre has adopted 50 (Fifty) villages and imparting trainings, skills and knowledge on Yak breeding to the villagers, the report added.