29/04/2026
JAMMU, Apr 28: The Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today attended the National Summit on "Sustainable & Climate Resilient Agroecosystems: Innovations and Policy Framework" at SKUAST Jammu. He urged the scientists, innovators and other stakeholders to come together to build climate resilience and transform sustainable Agro-ecosystems.
“The moment has come to move beyond minor adjustments and embrace bold, science-led, farmer-focused transformation. Policies must champion climate-resilient crops. We must close the divide between laboratory and farmland and researchers should make the creation of climate-adapted varieties their highest priority," the Lieutenant Governor said.
He said that our farms are the bedrock of civilization, the backbone of economies, and the promise of tomorrow.
“Every policy, every intervention must respect that our fields and farmers have carried humanity through centuries of turmoil. Now the threat of climate change reaches far beyond the farmer’s fiel...