Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 6: Department of Horticulture Jammu today conducted one-day farmers’ awareness-cum-interaction programme in village Kaandi of Akhnoor tehsil in Jammu.
The Program was presided over by Director Horticulture Jammu Ram Savak wherein large number of farmers besides Sarpanchs and Panchs of the area participated. Chief Horticulture Officer Jammu Sarbjeet Singh, DL Subject Matter Specialist Sandeep Gupta and HDOs Amit Saraf and Varinder Sharma were also present.
While addressing the farmers, Ram Savak briefed the farmers about various Centrally and UT sponsored schemes of the Department. He said that keeping in view the suitable agro-climatic conditions, there is immense potential for horticulture crops in the area which must be tapped. He appealed the PRI members and field functionaries to work in tandem for doubling the farmers income.
The Director said that in this Horticulture zone, about 100 hectares of area has been identified for High Density Plantation and 25 hectares for Aloe Vera Plantation in the coming season under CAPEX. He urged farmers to adopt integrated farming in their fields and avail the benefits on different components viz. Bore Well, Water harvesting tanks, Drip irrigation, Mechanization, Protected cultivation, Tools & Implements etc. for upliftment of their socio- economic status.
Further, he impressed upon them to form Self Help Groups (SHGs) for setting up of small fruit and vegetables processing units with the financial assistance from the Department.
Later, Ram Savak, as a Prabhari of Panchayat Lower Narayna of Block Khour chaired a review meeting regarding the decisions taken in the Back 2 Village-4 progamme wherein the representatives of various departments besides Sarpanch and Panchs of the Panchayat participated. In the meeting, the chair reviewed the progress of works under taken for the overall development of the Panchayat and road map prepared for the implementation of other works.
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