48 progressive farmers flagged-off for 7-days interstate training Prog

Srinagar: A group of 48 progressive farmers from Srinagar, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian districts of Kashmir was on Saturday flagged-off for an interstate seven days exposure cum training program to Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana from Agriculture Complex, LalMandi Srinagar.
The training program has been organised by the Deputy Directorate of Agriculture (Trainings) under NMAET (ATMA) interstate 2024- 25.
Joint Director Agriculture Kashmir, Sartaj Ahmad Shah while interacting with the farmers on the occasion, said that the training program has been organised for making the farmers aware of the latest technologies for commercial farming, real-time trends in farming and cultivation of different agriculture crops on scientific lines.
He said, skilled human resource and capacity building of farmers are among the department’s priorities.
He impressed upon the progressive farmers to interact with the agriculture scientists, experts, and extension functionaries to get acquainted with up to date methodologies in crop cultivation on scientific lines.
He asked the farmers to enhance their technical skills in the field of crop farming and to adopt the advanced technologies after learning from such training/exposure visits. He further said such exposure visits promote cultural exchange among the farmers of different regions.
Many Farmers on the occasion said the tour would enhance their knowledge and skills.
Some senior officers of the department were also present during the flag-off.