Karnah: In its endeavour to reach out to the farming community, Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today kickstarted 02 days “Kharif Campaign 2021-22” at border area Tangdhar of Kupwara district. District Development Council member, Adv. Najma Hamid Magray, Block Development Council Chairperson, Tangdhar, Riyaz Ahmad Khowaja, Block Development Council Chairperson, Teethwal, Nishada Parveen and PRI's were also present, on the occasion.
The campaign was started with sowing of Maize in presence of farming community of village Baghbella of Tehsil Karnah.
While addressing the gathering of farmers, Director highlighted the objectives of organizing outreach programmes by way of Kharif campaign and said that such type of programme aims at reaching out to the farmers to take appraisal for on ground assessment. He also appreciated the farmers participation in the program and urged upon them to come forward and work in a coordinated manner with the Department for overall development of the agriculture sector.
Director highlighted the need for a multi dimensional marketing strategy concept so that the produce of the farmer could be marketed in a very effective manner. He said the Department is planning a drive to organize special training programmes for educated youth to adopt global trends in agriculture.
The Director reiterated that farm mechanization plays a key role in sustaining agriculture growth for which the Department intends to promote mechanized way of farming for saving the time as well as labour which ultimately will not only help farmers in improving their socio economic conditions but also will help in increasing their income. He said that mechanized solutions will boost the overall development of agriculture sector. He directed the Chief Agricuilture Officer Kupwara to prepare a special project for the upliftment of the agriculture sector in the district and on spot directions were passed for establishing custom hiring centres in Sub-Division Karnah.
Joint Director Apiculture & Mushroom, Farooq Ahmad Shah on the occasion emphasized on working out a roadmap for meeting out the requirements with regard to Vegetables, pulses and other crops. He also requested the farmers to adopt various farmer friendly schemes such as mushroom and Apiculture being undertaken by the Department.
Joint Director Apiculture and Mushroom, Farooq Ahmad Shah, Chief Agriculture Officer Kupwara, Nazir Ahmad Wani and other technical officers, besides, farmers were present at the occasion.
