Director Agriculture inspected Kitchen Garden Lalmandi

Coverage of maximum area under vegetable cultivation in Kashmir valley is on top priorities of the Department: Director Agriculture Kashmir

Coverage of maximum area under vegetable cultivation in Kashmir valley is on top priorities of the Department: Director Agriculture Kashmir

 

Srinagar Febuary 08:(KNS)   Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary
Mohammad Iqbal today took a visit to Kitchen Garden Lalmandi. During the
visit Director inspected various proceedings regarding raising of vegetable
seedlings under controlled conditions, raising of vegetable seedlings in poly
pouches and recently introduced growing of seedlings organically in coco
peat trays.
While interacting with the officers and officials of the scheme Director
said Hi-Tech and precision farming methods are being encouraged under a
multiple strategy to promote kitchen gardening and to cover maximum area
under vegetable cultivation in Kashmir valley is on top priorities of the
Department.
Director said that the Agriculture department has undertaken a Valley
wide installation of the green house technology for protected cultivation of
vegetable seedlings so as to enhance its production for meeting out the
demands in local market.
Iqbal said Agriculture department is in mission mode to promote the
vegetable sector of Valley and aims at providing more and more vegetable
seedlings to the growers for achieving self sufficiency in vegetable
cultivation.

He said that the vegetable cultivation can be adopted for commercial
purpose as it has a good potential of employment generation and
unemployed youth of Kashmir with the help of modern technologies and
suitable agro climatic condition for vegetable cultivation can take this sector
to new heights.
On the occasion, Seed Production Officer of the Department Manzoor
Ahmad Shah informed that the kitchen Garden scheme is upgraded to
register maximum number of growers to undertake this particular activity.
Besides In-charge Kitchen Garden Altaf Ahmad Bhat Director was
accompanied by other senior officers of the Department.(KNS)

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