 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 17: Director Agriculture, Jammu, K K Sharma today kick started the Kharif-2021 campaign by conducting multiple interactions with the farmers in Sub-Division Marh and Sub-Division Samba. The visit was conducted to gear up the departmental activities at grass root level in view of the upcoming Kharif season.
The team of officer including Joint Director Agriculture (Extension), Shahid Iqbal Sheikh, Chief Agriculture Officer Jammu, A.S Reen, DAO (Extension), Vinod Sharma, Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer Marh, Ashwani Kumar Jojra, AEO Pounichak, Tirth Singh and AEO Marh, Vikram Katayal accompanied the Director during the visit.
Distribution of Trial Kits of newly released varieties of Paddy Basmati (SJBR 118,123,138) among the farmers at Pounichak marked the launch of Kharif campaign. Also Paddy Threshers were handed over to PRI Member of every panchayat of the Pounichak zone free of cost as part of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha's announcement regarding providing one thresher per panchayat of UT.
Interacting with the farmers at Pounichak and Marh, Director Agriculture directed the field staff to reach out to the farmers and make all out efforts to achieve objective doubling of farmer's income by 2022 through the implementation of schemes like Soil Health Card Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFSBY), Kisan Credit Card Scheme (KCCS) and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), Farm Mechanization, Formation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (ODOP) with special focus on organic farming. The Director also stressed on following the guidelines and norms and also taking the local representatives into confidence while implementing various farmers' welfare schemes.
Former Minister/MLA, Sukhnandan Choudhary asked the Agriculture Department to work for improvement of Irrigation facilities in collaboration with Irrigation Department. Later launching the Kharif campaign in Samba District, Director along with Joint Director distributed new Basmati varieties to the farmers at village Koulpur. He also inspected the Hi-Tech Poly House installed at village Tarore. CAO Samba, District Officers, SDAO Samba, SMS Samba and other officers were also present on the occasion. |
