Agriculture Dept to establish ‘Farmer Field Schools’ in Kashmir

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Srinagar, Feb 6: Director Agriculture, Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal on Saturday directed the officers of the department to come up with ‘comprehensive plans for establishing Farmers Field Schools in all districts of valley in order to facilitate and strengthen the linkage between youth and Department to encourage active exploration and understanding of modern farming system’. It has also been deliberated that upcoming Farmer Field Schools at SM Farm Padgampora and Floriculture Nursery Lalmandi will serve as model centres for the purpose.

Mr Iqbal while chairing a meeting of all Divisional Heads and Chief Agriculture Officers of Kashmir Division at Lalmandi, Srinagar, took a detailed review of physical / financial progress report under CAPEX/CSS, major physical achievements, organic farming in Kashmir province, area expansion under vegetable cultivation, status of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), status of KCC/PM-Kisan/PM-KMY, Soil Health Card Schemes and status of PM formalization of micro processing enterprise (FME).

While deliberating about the physical / financial progress under CAPEX/CSS, Director laid stress upon the officers to achieve cent percent target within the stipulated time frame. He asked the officers to follow all codal formalities and reach out to the farmers for delivery of Departmental schemes judiciously so that the funds allocated are spent efficiently.

Director exhorted upon the officers to make comprehensive plans while drafting Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for overall well being of farming community. He laid a special emphasis on the progress on different centrally sponsored schemes and projects being implemented. Director expressed satisfaction on various developmental and innovative steps taken by the officers and field functionaries in achieving the targets under various programs.

Iqbal asked the officers to explore the possibilities for cultivation of Saffron on trial basis in different districts of Kashmir division especially Baramulla and Kupwara. He further added that more and more training camps and tours within and outside the UT may be conducted on priority to upgrade the farming skills of the farmers.

All Joint Directors, Chief Agriculture Officers and other concerned officers of the Department were also present during the meeting.

 

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