3-day conference on food security begins

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, February 14

A three-day international conference on ‘Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture— New Techniques’ commenced at the Baba Farid Group of Institutions (BFGI) on Thursday.

During the conference, experts shared their views on sustainable production of agriculture according to climate changes. As many as 300 delegates from Australia, South Africa, Philippines, the UK and India are participating in the conference.

Sunil K Marwah, CEO, Food Industry Capacity and Skills Initiative (FICSI), New Delhi, was the chief guest on the occasion.

Padma Shri awardee Dr Sharad P Kale, senior professor, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai; and Dr DS Brar, former head, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila (Philippines), also graced the occasion.

Gurmeet Dhaliwal, chairman, BFGI, said, “The major motive of the conference is to discuss the issues of the agricultural sector and their solutions. This conference will be beneficial for farmers, students, researchers and scientists of the agriculture sector.”

Marwah said, “We should do new research to promote agriculture and this can be done only by development of technological facilities, laboratories and foreign techniques.”