JAMMU : Director Horticulture Jammu, Ram Savak today convened a meeting of Chief Horticulture Officers and Manager–cum-Chemists of Jammu Division, here at Horticulture Complex Talab Tillo to review the progress of various developmental schemes
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Jul 19, 2021
While interacting with the participants, the Director emphasized that last year the department enhanced the incentive for strawberry cultivation to Rs. 0.13 lakh per Kanal and advised them to go for diversified farming to get the maximum returns per unit area.
The Director also elaborated the gathering about the importance of facilitation centres in the Rajouri District regarding the availability of high-quality planting material and value-added products. He also emphasized that these centres will serve as a common platform for them to demonstrate and sell their products also.
He also visited Government Fruit Plant Nursery Siot and took stock of the ongoing developmental activities and gave on spot instructions to the field staff to work hard with zeal and dedication and achieve the allotted targets in time.
JAMMU : Principal Secretary, Horticulture and Agriculture Production Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, today chaired a meeting to review implementation of High Density Plantation scheme of Horticulture department in Jammu and Kashmir.
Director General, Horticulture Department Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmed Bhat; Additional Secretary, Horticulture Department and Chief Horticulture Officers attended the meeting online while Director Horticulture Jammu, Ram Savak, was present in person.
Threadbare discussion on various issues related to implementation of high density plantation scheme in the identified areas of the UT.
Pertinently, the farmer-centric scheme will be implemented for apple, walnut, almond, cherry, litchi, and olive among others over an estimated area of 5500 hectares of suitable agro-climatic zones for 6 years with effect from March 2021 to March 2026. The scheme has provision to provide 50% subsidy to orchardists for establishment of high-density orchards accompanied by a lo