 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 7: A meeting of Divisional Level Committee constituted for fixation of procurement and sale rates of Potato and open pollinated Vegetable seeds for Kharif 2022 season was held today under the chairmanship of Director Agriculture Production & Farmers' Welfare, Jammu, KK Sharma at Krishi Bhawan Talab Tillo Jammu.
Those who attended the meeting included HOD Vegetable Sciences and Floriculture, SKUAST-J, RK Samnotra, Joint Director Agriculture (Inputs), AS Reen, Joint Director Agriculture (Marketing), Mahesh Verma, Agronomist (Vegetable Improvement Scheme), JC Raina, Accounts Officer, Anita Sumeria, Divisional Seed Certification Officer, Randhir Sharma, Potato Development Officer, Susheel Rattan Sharma and I/c CSS Section, Ajab Singh.
Thread Bare discussions on all relevant parameters was held in the meeting to finalize the procurement and sale rates of open pollinated vegetable and potato seed for spring/Kharif 2022.
Director Agriculture impressed upon the officers to ensure the timely supply of high quality vegetable/ potato seed to the farmers. He passed on the instruction to make sure the availability of ginger, garlic, turmeric, alocasia (arbi), yam (Jimicand) seeds besides seeds of other locally grown specialty vegetables like white bitter guard, ridge guard etc for further testing and evolution.
Highlighting the emerging trend of urban farming, Director suggested to include the provision of kitchen garden kits while procuring vegetable seeds for facilitation of urban growers.
Procurement rates for vegetables and potato seeds were finalized by the committee after deliberations in the meeting. |
