Bandipora: Sheep Husbandry Department on Saturday organised an awareness camp at Kehnusa Bandipora in Panchayat Complex Kehnusa.
The event witnessed participation of large number of progressive sheep farmers, aspiring entrepreneurs, PRI’s & members of Razdan Farmer producer organization(FPO)
Speaking on the occasion the experts stressed upon the need for strengthening of FPO’s for the collective good of the whole farming community.
The Department has been mobilising small marginal sheep farmer’s of the district in the form of FPO’s for better service delivery & effective interventions.
Dr Sofi Abid VAS, Aloosa briefed the audience about various income generation schemes , skill development initiative’s of the department,importance of UID tagging & subsidised livestock insurance under NLM scheme.
The event concluded with the distribution of seed kits of high yielding fodder Rye grass among the participating farmers.