Srinagar 08 MAY (KNS): Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal visited different Seed Multiplication Farms including (Potato Seed Development Farm Kalnag Kokernag, Seed Multiplication Farm Rampur Mattan etc.) of South Kashmir.

During the visit, while interacting with the concerned officers and technical staff of the said farm's Director Agriculture said that Seed Multiplication Farms are the most important assets with the Department and in order to achieve the target of self-reliance in the field of seed production, to reduce the dependence on seed coming from outside union territory and assured seed availability to the farming community of the union territory with respect to all the crops grown in the region, Department is committed to promoting these seed multiplication farms on modern scientific lines.

Mr Chowdhary asked the concerned officers to adopt the latest standard interventions in the sector of seed production so that the Department could meet out the demand for different types of seeds and could ensure the availability of seed to the farmers in sufficient quantity and at right time.

We are committed to attract more and more young educated minds towards the agriculture sector and to do so these seed multiplication farms could play an important role, he said and added.

Director Agriculture exhorted on the concerned officer and farm managers to invite farmers and Agri entrepreneurs to these farms and hold demonstration sessions with them so that the modern trends and technology in this trade could be transmitted to the grass-root level in a comprehensive manner.

During the visit, Director was accompanied by Deputy Director Law Enforcement Mohammad Younis Chowdhary, Potato Development Officer Waheed-ur-Rehman and other senior officers of the Department.(KNS)