Ludhiana, September 16 Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has inked a pact with Sond Innovators Inc, Janta Nagar, near Public Health Centre, Ludhiana, for licensing of rooftop vegetable nutrition garden model using soil-less media technology. Navtej Singh Bains, director of research, PAU, and Jasvir Singh from Sond Innovators Inc, signed the memorandum of agreement (MoA) on behalf of their organisations. Bains informed that PAU has signed six MoAs with industries for commercialisation of this technology. Ashok Kumar, dean, College of Engineering and Technology, and AS Dhatt, head, Department of Vegetable Science, College of Engineering and Technology, congratulated the proprietors for sharing technologies developed by PAU. KG Singh, senior research engineer, department of soil and water engineering, PAU, said the university had become a pioneer in the development of rooftop/terrace vegetable nutrition garden model for urban and peri-urban population using soil-less media. The technology was developed under the All-India Coordinated Research Project on plasticulture engineering and technology, operating in the department of soil and water engineering, PAU. “The technology requires only 12.6 sq m and gross area of 20 sq m. The vegetable produced will be sufficient for a family of two to four people. Vegetables like tomato, bell peppers, cucumber, coriander, broccoli, spinach, pea, lettuce, fenugreek and chinni sarson can be grown with staggered sowing/transplanting. The vegetables will be available round the year with this technology,” he said. —TNS

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