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| Mission Director HADP inaugurates capacity building programme of FPO’s | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 7: A five days “Capacity Building Programme for Chief Executive Officers and Chairman/Board of Directors of Farmers Producer Organizations (FPO’s)across J&K” commenceson 07-07-2025 at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu. The programme is jointly organized by SKUAST, Jammu and Department of Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, Jammu in collaboration with MANAGE-Hyderabad in the Division of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Chatha from 07-11, July 2025. The capacity building programme has been organized under HADP-20 project entitled “Innovative Extension Approaches for Revitalizing Agriculture in Jammu & Kashmir”. Sh. Sandeep Kumar, IFS, Mission Director, Holistic Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP), was chief guest during the inaugural function and Sh. A. S. Reen, Director Agriculture, Jammu and Dr. S.K. Gupta, Director Research, SKUAST, Jammu were guest of honour.
While addressing the participants, Sh. Sandeep Kumar, IFS, Mission Director emphasized the importance of knowledge-sharing and capacity building among FPO leaders. He encouraged all CEOs and BODs to not only learn from the training but to also disseminate the knowledge among fellow members, thereby building self-sustainable FPOs.
He also highlighted several government schemes beneficial for FPO development, including the Jammu and Kashmir Competitiveness Improvement Project (JKCIP), which aims to support the growth of FPOs and enhance farmers’ access to markets. Stressing the need to increase farmers’ bargaining power, he urged small and marginal farmers to work collectively, which would lead to improved income and long-term success of FPOs.
Dr. Arvinder Singh Reen, Director of Agriculture, Jammu, also addressed the gathering and underlined the pivotal seriously and sincerely in the training programme so they could make informed decisions on behalf of the farmers and lead their FPOs towards growth and prosperity.
Adding to the deliberations, Director Research, SKUAST-Jammu, enlightened participants about the core objective behind the formation of FPOs and shared insights into their growing importance in the future agricultural economy. He appealed to all scientists and researchers of the university to extend maximum field-level support to farmers—whether through technical guidance, input assistance, or any other form—to ensure the holistic development of FPOs across the region.
Prof. Vinod Gupta, Professor & Head Division of Agricultural Extension Education and PI of the project formally welcome all the dignitaries and participants at the five days capacity building programme and highlighted the importance of this training programme with reforms to farming community. He also stated that capacity building of CEO’s and BOD’s will definitely help the FPO members to focus on their business activities. He addressed the challenges faced by the FPO’s and explained how CEO’s and Board of Directors (BOD’s) can overcome these challenges. |
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