Karnal, May 24 -- ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) will lead the "Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan" in Haryana and cover 7,400 villages with support from other institutes and the state government, officials said on Friday.

The nationwide campaign, announced by Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will be launched from May 29 and will continue until June 12. It aims to create awareness among farmers about modern technology and new seed varieties.

NDRI director Dheer Singh, nominated by ICAR as the Haryana nodal officer, said that the campaign also aims to lay the foundation for advanced agriculture, modern farming techniques.

Addressing a press conference, Singh said that there are nearly 7,400 villages in the sta...