DHARWAD, STAFF CORRESPONDENT – June 5, 2014

The State government has announced funding to set up two international standard institutes to boost research and development in the field of agriculture, food and health sciences.

The proposed institutes will come up in Dharwad and Bangalore.

The International Centre for Agriculture Development would be set up in Dharwad and be administered by the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.

The other institute — Karnataka Centre of Excellence in Foods for Health — would be set up in Bangalore and be administered by the University of Horticultural Sciences (UHS), Bagalkot, stated a release by Rajendra Poddar, Head, Project Planning & Monitoring Cell, UAS, Dharwad.

Both institutes will be set up in collaboration with the Texas A&M University’s Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Centre’s (VFIC) Foods for Health Initiative, and the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture. The proposed institutes will be interdisciplinary centres and they will collaborate with other agricultural and horticultural universities, institutes and centres related to medical sciences, food, and nutrition sciences in the State and beyond.

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