 Early Times Report
SAMBA, Mar 26: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare, Navin Kumar Choudhary today visited Sumb block of district Samba and inaugurated one day Kissan mela-cum-exhibition amidst enthusiastic response from the local farmers community.
The Principal Secretary along with concerned officers inspected different stalls including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Sericulture, Handicraft, Khadi and Village Industry, Fisheries, and others exhibiting modern farm machinery, organic products, local products besides the stalls also highlighted various farmers’ welfare schemes and programmes.
The Principal Secretary maintained that the Govt of India resolute of doubling the income of farmers is making inroads even in these far flung areas of districts which is a result of sustained awareness programmes carried out by the agriculture and allied departments.
He further exhorted upon the farmers to take advantage of various schemes under Atam Nirbhar Bharat, CSS and CAPEX for diversified modern scientific farming. Efforts are being made to develop agriculture as highly lucrative business by ensuring emphasis on value addition and packaging, he added.
DDC Chairman, Keshav Sharma and VC DDC Balwan Singh present on the occasion asked the farmers to get full awareness regarding departmental schemes and explore new possibilities in farm sector for economic upliftment.
Meanwhile, different wings and sections of Agriculture Department like Plant Health Clinic, Divisional Seed Certification, Agriculture Engineering, Apiculture, Mushroom, Spawn Production, Agronomist Vegetables, Floriculture, Seed Analytical Lab, Soil Testing Lab displayed their activities and achievements in the exhibition.
Earlier, the heads of agriculture and allied departments educated the farmers about the schemes and programmes of their respective Departments. |
