Nidae KashmirJAMMU, APRIL 05: Launching Intensive Farmers’ Outreach Initiative, Director Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, Jammu, K.K Sharma conducted field visit in Misriwala zone today to take stock of the field activities being undertaken by the department and on field interaction with the farmers.
Chief Agriculture Officer Jammu, A.S. Reen accompanied the Director during the visit.
Those present on the occasion included DDC members, Balbir Lal, Progressive Farmers, Ashok Mahajan, Pawan Singh, Rajinder Singh besides AEO Misriwala, Nirmal Sharma, and other fields functionaries.
Director, while inspecting the Hi-Tech Poly GreenHouse spread over an area of 2000 sq Meters at village ShamaChak established under CAPEX, asked for area expansion under protected cultivation of high-value vegetable crops to attract the rural youth towards Agri premiership by making farming more remunerative.
Interacting with the farmers, K. K. Sharma stressed for promotion of Integrated/Organic/market-oriented Farming utilizing the latest technological interventions. He urged the farmers to organize themselves into Farmer Interest Groups (FIG) and Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs) for enhancing their income through value addition, branding, and better marketing linkages of their produce.
The Director passed on spot instructions to CAO Jammu to hold regular meetings with PRI members to formulate development-oriented plans for the welfare of the farming community.
Member Kisan Advisory Board, S. Tejinder Singh Wazir, on the occasion sought immediate redressal of market-related issues of organically produced high-quality vegetables produced by the farmers. In this regard, the Director maintained that all our efforts are being made to provide direct marketing platforms to farmers for high returns.
Meanwhile, the establishment of Gur (Jaggery) making unit (Balana) at Jhiri was also discussed with the farmers owing to sufficient availability of raw material (Sugarcane) in Jhiri, KannaChak, and adjoining areas.
