Ganderbal, May 19: The Department of Agriculture Kashmir today organised a one day awareness programme for the farmers of Naranag, Ganderbal.
During the inaugural address, the Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Iqbal highlighted various farmer friendly schemes which have been devised to transform the rural economy and requested the participating farmers to avail these schemes for sustenance and economic prosperity.
The Director on the occasion assured the participants that the department is always at the back of the farming community and urged upon the officers to increase touring to the farmers field with latest recommendations and suggestions from agriculture universities and other institutions.
He said that the Department has recently taken some initiatives which include, Farmer outreach program, Farmer durbars, establishment of Model Farm Schools at district headquarters, holding of awareness camps and Kisan melas, exposure visits within and outside UT, introduction of farm mechanization for updating the common farmer and saving time and labour component in order to double the farmers income.
Chief Agriculture Officer Ganderbal Mohammad Younis Chowdhary also spoke during the programme regarding the achievements made by the Department at various levels in the district.
Deputy Director Farmers Training and Education Center Ganderbal, Senior Officers of the Department besides a large gathering of farmers attended the Awareness programme.
