Ludhiana,
The Punjab Agricultural University has entered into agreement with New Punjab Agro Tech, Faridkot, M/s Dhaliwal Agro, Faridkot and Guru Nanak Engineering Works, Talwandi Bhai for the commercialization of the PAU Super SMS Technology. Dr Navtej Singh Bains, Director of Research, PAU and Shri Gurpreet Singh, Ravinder Pal Singh and Gurdeep Singh signed the MoA on behalf of their respective organizations. Dr Bains congratulated the proprietors for sharing responsibility of environment friendly paddy straw management. Dr Ashok Kumar, Director Extension Education, was also present at the occasion.

Dr Manjeet Singh, Head, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering informed that the “PAU Super SMS” attachment is becoming popular with a large number of farmers because of its use with combine harvesters for cutting, chopping and uniformly spreading loose straw while harvesting paddy.

Dr S.S. Chahal, Adjunct Professor, Technology Marketing and IPR Cell, informed that PAU has inked 87 MoAs so far, out of which, 43 are for PAU Super SMS.