Aizawl, May 16 -- Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Thursday virtually inaugurated the new academic and administrative buildings of the College of Horticulture in Thenzawl, Serchhip district of Mizoram, along with the postgraduate girls' hostel at the College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry in Selesih, near Aizawl.

In his address, Chauhan highlighted Mizoram's potential as a fertile and climatically favorable state for agricultural and horticultural development.

He acknowledged the state's geographical challenges such as its hilly terrain, deep valleys, and limited flat land for traditional jhum farming but emphasized that these new institutions would play a pivotal role in transforming...