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Punjab plans 2 centres of excellence for potato, flowers

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Two centres of excellence -- one for potato at Dhogri, Jalandhar, and other for floricultire at Doraha, Ludhiana -- will be set up to promote the seed potato production and hi-tech cultivation of flowers in Punjab.

These centres are being established under Indo-Dutch workplan with the assistance under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticutlture (MIDH).

Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman said that Wouter Verhey, agriculture counsellor, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Delhi along with Anand Krishnan, Deputy Counsellor - Agriculture (India and Sri Lanka) visited the office of Director Horticulture Punjab to discuss about the progress of these centres.

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First Published: Jun 23 2017 | 8:33 PM IST

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