Srinagar: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal on Monday visited Seed Multiplication Farm (SMF) Gangbugh and inspected different blocks of the farm.
He also took stock of different Agriculture activities, crop status of different agriculture crops cultivated for seed purpose.
Speaking to the staff and technical experts of the farm, the Director said that the Department has started an initiative and is endeavouring to optimize the utility of Departmental farms to attain self reliance in the field of seed requirement for Kashmir Division. He said they have already started many interventions in order to maximize the output from different departmental Farms.
Director said that the department is executing a comprehensive plan to transform all the departmental farms into revenue earning and employment generating assets.
He appreciated the efforts of the concerned technical experts and asked them to work with close coordination, so that the Farm could achieve new heights in the years to come.
Director Agriculture was accompanied by some of the senior officers of the Department during the visit.
