A total of 890 candidates will receive various graduate and postgraduate degrees during the 33rd annual convocation of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (UAS-D) to be held at the Farmers’ Knowledge Hub on the university campus on Saturday .
Regarding the research and development activities at the university, Prof. Chetti said that UAS-D had developed the UAS-466 variety in wheat, VPMV-9 in pearl millet, CSV-37 in kharif sorghum, and others.
He said that 32 varieties of different crops had been promoted for commercialisation through “Agri Innovative” platforms and the university had taken up several initiatives to extend the benefits of the research to the farmers through extension programmes.