SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 25: A group of progressive farmers from different districts of Kashmir division was today flagged-off by Director Agriculture Kashmir, Mohammad Alyas Khateeb for an interstate exposure cum training program.
The five days training program has been organised by Deputy Directorate of Agriculture (Trainings) under NMAET (ATMA) interstate 2024- 25
The Director while interacting with the farmers on the occasion, said that the training program has been organised for making the farmers aware of the latest technologies for commercial farming, realtime trends in farming and cultivation of different agriculture crops on scientific lines.
He said skilled human resource and capacity building of farmers are among the department’s priorities.
Khateeb impressed upon the progressive farmers to interact with the agriculture scientists, experts, and extension functionaries to get acquainted with upto date methodologies in crop cultivation on scientific lines.
He asked the farmers to enhance their technical skills in the field of crop farming and to adopt the advanced technologies after learning from such training/exposure visits.
Many farmers on the occasion expressed their gratitude to the department for this opportunity. They said the tour would enhance their knowledge and skills.
Senior officers of the department were present on the occasion.
