Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 26: A two-day awareness program on scientific cultivation of temperate aromatic crops was organized at CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine at its Field Station under the patronage of Dr. D S Reddy, Director, Er. Abdul Rahim Head, Business Development, and Dr. Zabeer Ahmed, Head IIIM (Br) Srinagar.
The program was organized to sensitize farmers, agri-entrepreneurs of Pulwama, Budgam, Srinagar, Shopian, and Self Help Groups of NRLM Pulwama and Shopian about the income and livelihood generation opportunities through cultivation, processing, product development, and marketing of value-added products of region-specific aromatic crops.
Practical training and demonstration of cultivation and crop management protocols were imparted during the program. 100 beneficiaries were also provided with quality planting material of Lavender.
Dr. Shahid Rasool, Senior Scientist, and Incharge, CSIR-IIIM, Field Station Pulwama informed that the program assumes significance in the dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge among farmers, young entrepreneurs, and unemployed youth on the scope and opportunities in the production of different aromatic crops in income enhancement, livelihood generating opportunities and sustainable production of quality raw material for fragrance and flavor industry.
The participating beneficiaries appreciated CSIR IIIM’s efforts to promote industrial agriculture in the UT through aromatic crop cultivation and processing.
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