Director Agriculture visits Bandipora, reviews progress under CSSs

Srinagar : To review the progress on the implementation ofdifferent centrally sponsored schemes (CSSs) in district Bandipora, theDirector Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal Saturday paid a brief
visit to the district particularly Seed Multiplication Farm Sumbal andrecently established Vegetable Farm Bandipora. The Director took stock of different preparations for the upcoming sowing season. He also held an interaction with the concerned officers, farmers and other stakeholders of the district. Speaking on the occasion, Iqbal asked the concerned officers to ensure themaximum seedling requirement of different vegetable crops is met fromdepartmental seed multiplication farms and the seedling is available wellin time.He stressed upon the need to further streamline the working of departmentalagriculture farms to meet much of the domestic seed/seedling requirement.He directed the officers to evolve an effective strategy to increase the
in-house production of vegetable seedlings.The Director maintained the department is working on a roadmap to add newdimensions/marketing options to the vegetable sector as this has a greatpotential of employment generation and socio-economic transformation of thefarming community.Earlier, Chief Agriculture Officer Bandipora briefed the Director about theprogress and status of implementation of different centrally sponsoredschemes in the district.Later, the Director visited different departmental establishments includingDistrict Soil Testing Laboratory (where 7500 samples were analysed),Demonstration Cum Training Centre (Mushroom) (DCTC) Bandipora and hadinteraction with the concerned technicians.The Director was accompanied by Chief Agriculture Officer, BandiporaMujtabaYahya, Agriculture Information Officer, Incharge Soil Laboratory
Bandipora and other officers of the District.