 Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 25: Director Agriculture Jammu Hari Krishan Razdan chaired meeting to review the progress of implementation of various Farmers' welfare schemes and programmes today. The physical and financial achievements under various Centrally Sponsored and State Sector Schemes of all the districts were discussed threadbare in the meeting.
Addressing the officers Director Agriculture stressed on for diversification of the farming through vegetable cultivation, apiculture, mushroom growing and adoption of Integrated Farming System.
He impressed upon officers to make all out efforts for dissemination of Technological Interventions and Improved Agricultural Practices for increasing the production of agricultural crops.
Manual on Paddy Drum Seeder compiled by Arun Jaral, SCA was also released by Director Agriculture on the occasion. It was apprised that the Paddy Drum Seeder reduces the cost of cultivation as per trials conducted in Jammu District. Hence it is being popularized among the farmers to save the labour and irrigation water to boost the paddy production.
Joint Director of Agriculture (Inputs) K. S. Sambyal and Joint Director of Agriculture (SLUB/Extension) Jammu Bulesh Zutshi also interacted with the officers on various implementations, inputs and extension related issues and problems on the occasion.
The meeting was also attended by Deputy Director Trainings Sunil Koul, Agronomist Vegetables H. D. Sharma, CAO Jammu/Samba Narender Mishra, CAO Reasi/Udhampur O. S. Choudhary, CAO Doda Sunil Koul, Agriculture Chemist R. K. Bindroo, Agriculture Research Engineer M. I. Khateeb, CAO Rajouri, M.Y Choudhary, CAO Kathua Arun Gupta, CAO Poonch Anoop Gupta, Agriculture Economist K. K. Sharma, Deputy Director Central Jagmohan Bhat, Deputy Director Planning Rishu Gupta and other senior officers. |
