 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 6: Farmers Training Centre, Jammu organized a one day Farmers Awareness Camps at Badhole and Kaghote villages of Udhampur District in which 50 farmers of the area participated in each.
The camps were conducted under the directions and guidance of Director Agriculture Jammu HK Razdan and Deputy Director of Agriculture (Trainings) Jammu Sunil Koul.
Speaking on the occasion, Training Officer Jammu Sarmesh Ghasi and Farm Management Specialist, Jammu Deepak Kumar advised the farmers to adopt the Good Agricultural Practices and Integrated Farming System for increase in agriculture production and to raise their income. They asked the farmers to avail the benefits of Kissan Credit Cards (KCC) Scheme, Soil Health Card Scheme (SHCS), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and various other State Sector Schemes for the farmer's welfare.
They further said that the farmers can double their income through value addition of their products and diversification of agriculture through apiculture, organic vegetable cultivation, mushroom cultivation and growing of cash crops. Some of the farmers of the area also interacted with the officers and put forth various problems and difficulties being faced by the farming community of the area.
The others who spoke in the camps include Rajesh Kumar Dubey Agriculture Extension Officer, JP Singh JAEO and Surinder Parkash AEA. Small Hand Tools and literature on various schemes and programmes for the awareness of the farmers was also distributed on the occasion. |
