SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture, Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal on Friday visited Seed Multiplication Farm Haran. He inspected different blocks of the farm and took stock of different agricultural activities and crop status of different agriculture crops cultivated for seed purposes.
While speaking to the staff and technical experts of Haran Farm, the Director Agriculture expressed satisfaction over the successful production and yield of different vegetable crops (raised for seed purposes). He said the departmental farms are transforming into model agriculture centres.
Iqbal said the department has introduced innovative initiatives and is endeavouring to optimize the utility of departmental farms to attain self-reliance in the field of seed production and to fulfill the seed requirement for Kashmir Division.
“We have already started many interventions in order to maximize the output from different departmental Farms,” he said.
Director Agriculture said that the department is executing a comprehensive plan to transform all the departmental farms into the revenue earning and employment-generating assets. He appreciated the efforts of the concerned technical experts and asked them to work in a mission mode so that the farm could achieve new heights in the years to come.
Later on, the Director Agriculture visited different crop areas of Budgam district and took stock of the agriculture scenario. He talked to the farmers at many places and received feedback regarding various interventions by the department. Amid prevailing climatic conditions, he directed the officers and field functionaries to guide the farmers during different agricultural activities. Iqbal was accompanied by some of the senior officers of the department during the visit.

KR Desk