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DDC Udhampur inaugurates district level exhibition cum Kissan mela at Barmeen 2/11/2021 11:08:06 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT UDHAMPUR, Feb 11: A one day District Level exhibition cum Kissan mela was today organized by Agriculture Department Udhampur under centrally sponsored scheme ATMA, here at remote area of Barmeen in Block Ghordi. District Development Commissioner, Dr Piyush Singla was the chief guest, who formally inaugurated the mela, while Block Development Chairman Ghordi, Arti Sharma was special guest on the occasion. In his address, the DDC congratulated the farmers for their participation in kissan Mela and stressed upon them to come forward and avail maximum benefits of different government schemes. The DDC applauded the efforts of Agriculture department for carrying out the benefit of different CSS-schemes to the needy farmers for their socio-economic uplift as per the guidelines. He emphasized that "Jeevika" model has proved to be the cornerstone in uplifting the Agriculture production and economic status of the farmers of the district. He urged the farmer to adopt methods for water conservation on larger scale. He revealed that District Udhampur has been awarded pickle under one District one Product (ODOP) and other Central sector schemes viz, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and Prime Minister Formalization of Micro Food Enterprises (PMFME) are in vogue by which the unemployed youth and rural masses can avail the opportunity for establishing startups in Agro processing ventures. The DDC said that training of Farmers in latest technology is the need of the hour and this type of shows apprise the farming community regarding the ongoing schemes and level of subsidy available with the departments under different key production components including Vegetable Seeds, Farm Machinery, Tools & Implements besides Cereals, and Fodder crops etc. He added that rural areas in the district are being primarily agriculture based; the farmers should take the advantage of these training programmes and adopt all the technical know-how imparted by the various departments in their fields to uplift their economic status.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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