HYDERABAD: The management of Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Tando Jam with objective to provide quality education and research facilities to the faculty and students of the university had signed 10 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with five each national and international organisations in the past one year.
According to the university spokesman, the university management in collaboration with the technological advanced countries also organised various activities of research and capacity building programmes.
As part of commitment, the university management also collaborated with the Australian team and implemented six projects under the MoUs signed through the agriculture sector linkage programme.
The management also informed that implementation of MoUs signed with USAID supported the Agribusiness Supported Fund (ASF) whereby 1,050 farmers were trained in chili production and value chain. In addition to this, the farmers were also participating in research activities for mutual benefit of the university and stakeholders.
The spokesman informed that the university management also organised more than 70 outreach activities including seminars, workshops while over 3,000 participants particularly coastal and Thar area farmers were trained in various training programmes with aim to build their knowledge economy gap.
The university management in collaboration with Sindh Coastal Development Authority and FELDA Global Venture Malaysia also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dalda foods with objective to conduct research and development activities for the promotion of oil palm plantation in coastal areas of the province for domestic production, the spokesman informed.
Recently, the university management also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with WAPDA to establish framework of agreement for implement joint research and exchange of technical expertise for sustainable land and water management in Sindh. The university intends to generate and disseminate technology in the 25 well defined focused areas of research and allied activities which have been ingrained in the development plan of the university.
The future plan of the management is aimed to strengthen and consolidate the university resources and facilities and restructure the departments into target oriented units and institutes to provide effective and efficient utilisation of resources and enabling environment for education and research, the spokesman said.
