SRINAGAR: The Director of Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal, on a surprise visit to district Shopian along with the team of enforcement officers inspected various fertilizer dealers and seized materials without specification/labeling on bags at Sugoo Imamsahab, Shopian.
He said that the Agriculture Department Kashmir has put all the concerned officers on the job in all the districts of Kashmir division to curb the menace of spurious pesticides in the division.
Director Agriculture impressed upon all the stakeholders to ensure that only the quality/genuine inputs (insecticides/pesticides/fertilizers) are made available to the farming community.
Iqbal said that the quality of an agricultural input plays a pivotal role in the overall success of an agriculture enterprise. He said a coordinated approach among the stakeholders is necessary for upholding the interests of the farming community of the region.
