Jammu, March 07 (Scoop News)-Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today inaugurated the five-day long ‘Kisan Mela’ at SKUAST, Jammu. The Lt Governor also laid foundation stone for newly sanctioned faculties of Horticulture & Forestry, Agricultural Engineering and Dairy Technology. The Lt Governor congratulated the University for bringing entrepreneurs, technocrats, policymakers and farmers from J&K, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand on a common platform. The exchange of ideas and knowledge will encourage agricultural innovation and motivate farmers to adopt productive techniques, he added. The Lt Governor enlisted various initiatives taken by the government for the welfare of the farming community. We are making efforts to increase productivity through infusion of traditional knowledge, modern science and technology, providing improved marketing facilities and resolving several other is