SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi today said that the efforts are on at full swing to link farmers’ produce to the national market to enable them to improve their livelihood.
He said this during a function organised to hand over the keys of two Bolero Pickup vans to the farmers of District Budgam and Baramulla under Mission on Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) scheme at Lalmandi.
While speaking on the occasion, the Director reiterated that the department has envisaged a plan for the development of farming sector in the valley which includes to maintain timeliness in agriculture operations, to increase production and productivity, to reduce human labour besides providing better transportation and marketing facility to the growers and farmers to improve the farming community.
Andrabi Stressed upon the farmers to avail various farmer friendly schemes launched by the government from time to time to achieve the goal of doubling the farmers income by 2022.
He advised the beneficiaries to use these vehicles in the best interest of farming operations and added that these pick up vans will not only help the beneficiary to transport their fresh produce to the local Mandies but also to the National Market which will ultimately fetch better prices.
The function was attended by Joint Director Agriculture Inputs Amir ud din Andrabi, Divisional Manager Agro’s Rashid ul Hassan Koul, besides other senior officers of the department.

KR Desk