| Mission Director HADP visited Govt Fruit Plant Nursery, Maralia | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 18: Mission Director HADP (Holistic Agriculture Development Programme) Sh. Rahul Yadav, IAS paid a visit to Govt. Fruit Plant Nursery, Maralia, Jammu along with Director Horticulture Jammu Sh. C. L Sharma for inspecting the implementation of different components of project P-21 of HADP.
During the visit, Mission Director inaugurated Mother block of Dragon fruit in presence of Director Horticulture Jammu Sh. C. L Sharma . Dragon fruit is an exotic fruit plant, established in an area of 10 Kanals at Maralia nursery during the current year under the component "Production of Designer Plants" of HADP.
Mission Director laid emphasis on multiplication of dragon fruit plants through stem cutting and further establishment of new projects in the farmers field as it a very profitable crop. Dragon fruit is high in demand in both domestic and international markets due to its high nutritional values. He also inspected under construction Geo-Tank and Mother blocks of different fruit plants viz: Litchi, Mango, Citrus etc.
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