Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 5: The J&K Advisory Board for Development of Kisans organized a Kisan Sammelan in coordination with Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department at Kisan Bhawan, Talab Tiloo here.
Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department and Vice Chairman, J&K Advisory Board for Development of Kisans, Atal Dulloo, inaugurated the seminar in presence of Vice Chancellor SKUAST-Jammu /SKUAST-Kashmir, Professor Nazir Ahmad Ganie.
While addressing the participants, Atal Dulloo said that through these Kisan Sammelans the department has succeeded in achieving a visible progress in agriculture field both qualitatively and quantitatively. He said mushroom cultivation shall now be around the year activity which previously was a short duration crop. He informed that under Holistic Agriculture Development Plan 26 pasteurized compost units, 10 spawn production laboratories and 72 compost units shall be established in J&K to boost production of mushroom.
Responding to simplification of official procedures and requirements for availing subsidies, he informed that work on establishing an online dashboard is under progress by the Agriculture Production Department. This dashboard shall be an online portal where all schemes under Holistic Agriculture Development Plan and other Heads shall be available in a farmer friendly manner.
Regarding Skill development, ACS said that a learning management system is being created under this programme where the youths shall be trained how to establish their start-ups and this system shall be in addition to our offline training programmes.
VC SKUAST-Jammu/ SKUAST-Kashmir, appreciated the efforts of Board for organizing such type of events which give an opportunity to our farmers to use this platform for getting their problems and day to day drudgeries heard and simultaneously addressed.
Deputy Director, National Horticulture Board, Sansar Ahmad , gave a Power Point Presentation on schemes available with NHB under Mushroom Development plan.
Board Member, Dr. Pardeep Bharti, informed that the Poultry sector and Mushroom cultivation are two interlinked professions that can be good models for integrating farming. The Poultry farmers needs to be motivated to adopt mushroom farming either during off seasons or simultaneously, he added.
Earlier, Secretary of the Board, Abdul Hamid Wani, apprised the participants about the importance of such programmes saying that these help in bridging the gap between farmers and the government.
Kulbushan Khajuria, Board Member, informed that the spawn which is the important component in Mushroom production is presently being imported from other neighboring states which add input costs in Mushroom and hence he requested for its production locally for which the interested youth needs to be trained here in Jammu.
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