{"id":16038,"date":"2026-04-02T02:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=16038"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:04:40","slug":"lg-welcomes-collaboration-between-skuast-j-ifpri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/lg-welcomes-collaboration-between-skuast-j-ifpri\/","title":{"rendered":"LG welcomes collaboration between SKUAST-J, IFPRI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Says global expertise to boost farmer incomes, employment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jammu, Apr 01: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday welcomed the proposed collaboration between SKUAST-Jammu and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for agricultural transformation in J&amp;K.<\/p>\n<p>According to the details available with the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), LG Sinha today chaired a high-level meeting to discuss a strategic collaboration between the two institutions for strengthening evidence-based policy-making and sustainable agricultural transformation in the Union Territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Lieutenant Governor welcomed the proposed collaboration with IFPRI, noting that its global expertise would significantly strengthen institutional capacities in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Dr. Ashish Chandra Verma, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production Department; Shailendra Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department; Dr. Mandeep K. Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor; Prof. B. N. Tripathi, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu; Dr. Shahidur Rashid, Director, IFPRI-South Asia; Dr. Anjani Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI-South Asia; Dr. Sagar Doifode Dattatray, Mission Director, HADP; HoDs, faculty of SKUAST Jammu and other senior officials.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting discussed the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Food Policy and Data Analytics at SKUAST-Jammu in collaboration with IFPRI. The proposed Centre is envisioned as a knowledge hub to support continuous monitoring, policy evaluation and data-driven decision making while also contributing to national and global discourse on agricultural transformation, particularly in mountain and high-value production systems.<\/p>\n<p>Experts from IFPRI, including Dr. Shahidur Rashid, Director, IFPRI-South Asia and Dr. Anjani Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI-South Asia, shared insights on institutional and technical support required for revitalizing agriculture and rural economies. During the meeting, Dr. Anjani Kumar presented a detailed presentation on \u201cInstitutional and Technical Supports for Revitalizing Agriculture and Rural Economies in Jammu &amp; Kashmir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The deliberations also underscored the importance of convergence across key initiatives such as HADP, JKCIP and Mission YUVA with a focus on improving farmer incomes, generating employment, strengthening value chains and promoting inclusive growth, particularly for smallholders, women and youth. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says global expertise to boost farmer incomes, employment Jammu, Apr 01: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday welcomed the proposed collaboration between SKUAST-Jammu and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for agricultural transformation in J&amp;K. According to the details available with the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), LG Sinha today chaired a high-level meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16040,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16038\/revisions\/16040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}