x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   Back Issues  
 
news details
Farmers’ training programme commences
12/14/2010 10:47:15 PM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 14: A 5-day long training programme for farmers within the state under support to State Extension Programme for Extension Reforms organized by Command Area Development began today.
As many as 40 farmers from all the blocks of Samba district are participating in the training programme under the Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) programme.
The training, programme was inaugurated by Nirmal Sharma, Director Command Area Development, Jammu.
Speaking on the occasion, Nirmal laid stress upon bridging the gap between Research generated and its practical implementation in the field.
Appreciating the concentrated efforts of the Research Scientists of the SKUAST- Jammu, Sharma interacted with the farmers and advised them to adopt and implement the knowledge gained through the said training for uplift of their social status and act as model farmers for their respective areas and promote new technologies.
District Agriculture Office, CAD, Kulbushan Sambyal apprised the participating participants about the ATMA programme, its need, importance and implementation strategy by involving the synergistic association of core stake holders i.e. Farmers and Agriculture & its allied departments for overall improvement of agriculture as a whole and ultimately uplift of rural agrarian masses in a sustainable manner and providing of food security to ever increasing population.
All the experts from the Department and SKUAST entertained queries of the farmers and guided them to implement new technologies in their fields and to keep on interaction with the specialists so as to maintain the linkage and feed-back generated can be assessed for the quantum of improvement technologies.
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
top stories of the day
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU