Baramula: Secretary Agriculture production Department ,Manzoor Ahmad lone today visited Baramulla and chaired a high level meeting of concerned officers at Dak-Banglow Baramulla.
District Development Commissioner Baramulla Dr Nassir Ahmad Naqash, Director Agriculture Altaf Ajaz Indrabi, Director Horticulture Manzoor Ahmad Qadri,Director Horticulture Planning and Marketing, Director Sericulture Shabnum Gulzar,Director Planning Baramulla AG Malik, Additional Deputy Commissioner Baramulla Farooq Ahmad Baba , District and Sectoral officers of Agriculture and Horticulture Departments, officers of Agro Corporation and other concerned were Present in the meeting.
The meeting was convened to review the progress achieved under horticultural and agriculture sectors in the district. Various issues related to these sectors were also reviewed threadbare in the meeting.
The Secretary on the occasion directed the concerned officers to identify some villages to be designated as model villages on pilot basis which would be fully developed under Horticulture and Agriculture sectors and thereby replicated in case of better results. He stressed integrated and double cropping system for healthy returns from these sectors. He asked officers to work with more dedication so that both these sectors receive stimulus in coming days in the district.
Lone said that the focus should be given on vegetable cultivation, Zagg Rice, fodder and honey keeping in view of the topography of the area. He asked for generating on-line system and ensuring the facilities like banking, toilet, drinking water, electricity in fruit and vegetable mandies in the district so that the traders do not face any inconvenience.
He directed for identifying 50 hectares of land in the district for introduction and promotion of high density plantation to boost Horticulture sector for which he assured the approval of vermicompost units, bore wells, reservoirs and requisite mechanization.
The DDC on the occasion sought the intervention from Commissioner Secretary to boost Horticulture and Agriculture sectors in the district. He informed the chair that besides walnut industry, wheat and maize is also the demand of the people for which necessary steps need to be ensured for encouraging returns.
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