<span style="color: #222222;">An agreement has been signed between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and Union Territory of Ladakh to accelerate its development through science and technology interventions.<br />” <br />” The agreement will promote knowledge partnership between Ladakh and CSIR ensuring development in the areas of bio-resource utilization, introduction of cash crops in the region and exploration of natural resources.<br />” <br />” Agreement will also facilitate industrial agriculture through commercialization of endemic and other high value medicinal, aromatic plants and crops.<br />” <br />” In addition to this, focus will be given to geophysical mapping, eco-friendly leather processing and microbiological &amp; biotechnological interventions.</span><br />” <br />” &nbsp;<br />