Aizawl, Apr 29 : Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said that a horticulture college would be set up in Mizoram under Central Agriculture University of Manipur.
Addressing a press conference at Raj Bhavan here, Pawar, who arrived today on his maiden visit, said the horticulture college would be established in the state with a separate faculty for food processing if the state government could provide land.
Mizoram State chief minister Lal Thanhawla, who accompanied him in the press conference, said that land would be provided for the purpose.
The Union Minister also said his ministry would send a team of experts to explore the potentials of Chamdur and Phura valleys in south Mizoram to become the rice bowels of the state.
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