SRINAGAR: The Director of Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated a training programme on SATHI (Seed Traceability, Authentication, and Holistic Inventory) portal in Kashmir at Agriculture complex Lalmandi Srinagar.
Addressing the programme, Director Agriculture said that this portal is a centralized online system for seed traceability, authentication, and inventory designed to deal with the challenges of seed production, quality seed identification, and seed Certification. He asked the participants that efforts should be made to increase awareness so that the farmers get the full benefit from it.
Earlier, Niladri B Mohanty, scientist-D and Joint Director IT Govt of India gave a detailed presentation on the aim and objectives of the training programme. He said the portal will ensure quality assurance, and identify the source of seed in the seed production chain. He presented different dimensions of the training program with the help of an impressive powerpoint presentation.
Joint Director Inputs, Tabasum Naz; Joint Director Extension, G.M. Dobhi; DDLE B.S Jasrotia, chief agriculture officers of concerned districts, DSCO, nodal officers of different schemes were present in the program.
