Excelsior Correspondent
BANDIPORA, Nov 12: Speaker Legislative Assembly, Mohammad Akbar Lone today asked farmers to adopt new strategy of cultivating crops of higher economic values & utilizing available land to its optimum to get self-sufficiency in agriculture production.
The Speaker was addressing a public meeting after inaugurating “Farm Machinery Mela” held at Sumbal. He said that Govt is committed to provide every support to the farming community for their economic upliftment. He impressed upon farmers to put every effort to increase productivity and progress in agriculture sector.
He advised farmers to take benefits of “Kissan Prosperity Schemes” and coordinate with Agriculture Department to increase agriculture production. He said technology based mechanized farming has revolutionized the agriculture sector across the globe. He advised youth to come forward & adopt technology based agriculture which will ensure them livelihood & employment opportunity.
Director Agriculture Kashmir, Dr. Farooq A. Lone said that department is committed for upliftment of farming community and the need of hour is to develop agriculture sector on modern scientific lines and thereby increase their production in agriculture & allied sectors. He impressed upon farmers to avail benefits from various Centrally sponsored schemes available with Agriculture Department in the form of “RKVY”, “Macro Management”, “Technology Mission”, “ISOPAM” & “ATMA” etc. He said that the objective of organizing “Farm Machinery Melas” throughout the Valley is to give complete choice to farmers to purchase the machinery at negotiated rates from authorized dealers at their doorsteps.
Additional Development Commissioner Bandipora advised the farmers to give way to modern & hi-tech agriculture and cooperate with field functionaries of the Department of Agriculture for successful implementation of “Kissan Welfare Schemes” launched by the department.
Several authorized dealers displayed their stalls in the Mela. Farmers of Sub-Division Sumbal purchased various agriculture machinery including 15 tractors, 40 power tillers, 110 irrigation pump sets and 20 Mechanized Carts, for which Department of Agriculture will provide Rs 45.75 lakh as subsidy component.
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