Srinagar: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare and Horticulture Departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary today held a Kisan Samellan cum Interactive meeting with newly appointed Kashmir based members of J&K Advisory Board for Development of Kisans (ABFDK) at Agriculture Complex, Lal Mandi here.
The meeting was attended by Vice Chancellor SKUAST-K, Prof. Nazir Ahmad Ganie; Secretary J&K ABFDK, Abdul Hamid Wani; Director General Horticulture Kashmir, Directors of different departments of Kashmir division like Agriculture, Industries and Commerce, Sericulture, Sheep Husbandry, Floriculture, Fisheries and others, besides newly appointed members of the J&K ABFDK of Kashmir Division.
During the Samellan cum Interactive meet, a detailed feedback was received from the board members at ground level about the schemes and policies of government which are at different stages of implementation. The meeting also held deliberations on the problems and issues being faced in implementation of different schemes and initiatives for the development of Agriculture and allied sectors.
Chairing the interactive meet, the Principal Secretary, who is also the Vice Chairman of the advisory board asked the progressive farmers to reap out maximum benefits from different schemes implemented by various departments here. He suggested them to explore possibilities in other sectors like floriculture and dairy farming rather than traditional sectors like Agriculture and horticulture for establishing business units.
The Principal Secretary asked the directors of agriculture and floriculture to find out possibilities for extending the PARVAAZ scheme for the transportation of floriculture produce to outside markets. He also directed the MD JKHPMC to explore possibilities for establishing a common service centre for marketing and transportation of floriculture produce.
