Director of Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal, recently inaugurated high-tech poly houses at Arwani Anantnag and Khadniyar in Baramulla. He also distributed tractors and other agricultural machinery among the farmers.
The Director of Agriculture also kick-started the distribution of vegetable seedlings raised on scientific lines under hi-tech poly house conditions at kitchen garden Bijbehara and Arpath Anantnag.
Addressing the farmers, the Director of Agriculture said that agriculture mechanization has an important role in the overall development of the agriculture sector. He said the department is vigorously pursuing the ambitious target of providing seedlings of different vegetable crops to the farmers of the valley, and in this direction, the department has already introduced many initiatives.
He appreciated the efforts of the concerned officers/ officials of kitchen garden Bijbehara, Arpath, and asked the concerned officers to organize farmers' awareness cum training programs with a focus on vegetable cultivation so that more and more farmers, Educated youth could adopt this on commercial lines.
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