Srinagar July 15:(KNS)   Director General, Horticulture Kashmir Mr. Ajaz Ahmad Bhat (KAS), today visited Fruit and Vegetable Crop Centre of Department of Horticulture, Budgam to felicitate the trainees with certificates, who were imparted training on Canning and Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables. While interacting with the trainees the Director General advised and encouraged them to create employment opportunities for themselves and for others by setting up the Post Harvest Fruits and Vegetable Units, because value addition is the need of the hour which will enable the farmers’ to enhance their income by branding the products. He said that fruit and vegetable processing business has vast potential due to ample availability of raw material and emphasized that the demand of preserved products of fruits and vegetables is increasing day by day. He assured that the Department will provide all possible financial and technical assistance to the trainees for the establishment of the said unit. Lastly, the Director General distributed certificates among the trainees, who in turn expressed their gratitude and requested him for continuation of such programmes, so that more and more unemployed youth are trained and made self-reliant and economically independent.(KNS)