Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, June 17: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Samba organized 4th Scientific Advisory Committee meeting today at KVK, Head Quarter Samba under the chairmanship of Prof Surinder Kumar Gupta, Vice Chancellor, and SKUAST-Jammu.
The meeting deliberated upon the progress report of 2020-21, 2021-22 and finalizes the action plan of 2023-24. Officers of the various line departments shared their valuable information.
The programmed was attended by member DDC, Subash Braga, Chairman BDC, Radar Krishna, Dr Sabhajeet Singh, Senior Scientist, IIIM representative of Regional Institute, district heads of line department including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry, Sericulture, Divisional Forest Officer, Information Officer, Social Welfare Officer, Fisheries, Small Scale Industry, Irrigation Officer, Lead Bank Manager, District Development Manager NABARD, Soil Conservation Officer, farmers and Farm women.
Vice-Chancellor Prof S K Gupta, in his presidential address, suggested KVK to give maximum awareness on Integrated Farming System, value addition of fruits and vegetables, promotion of Protected Cultivation and dairying to the farmers of the Samba district. He laid emphasis on increasing the farmer income manifold through various agro technological interventions. He appreciated the strong linkages between KVK and all the development departments for the benefit of the farming community.
Subash Bhagat, Member DDC, assured all cooperation for the welfare of the farmers. Radha Krishan, Chairman BDC, apprised the house about the different initiatives of the KVK in different blocks of the district Samba and their contribution in improving the livelihood of the farmers. Pritam Chand, Sarpanch Samlah, highlighted the role of KVK and activities undertaken in the village by the KVK.
Earlier, Prof Sanjay Khajuria, Chief Scientist and Head KVK, Samba, presented the detail Annual Progress Report of KVK, Samba for the year 2021-22, 2022-23 and action taken report towards the suggestion receive during the third SAC meeting. Action plan for the financial year 2023-24 was also presented before the house for the discussion and approval.
The programme was organized with the active participation of Dr Abhay Sinha, Dr Saurav Gupta, Dr Vijay Kumar Sharma, Dr Mandeep Singh Azad, Dr Amit Mahajan, Dr Shalini Khajuria, Bharat Bhushan, Tajinder Singh. Proceedings of the programme were conducted by Dr Saurav Gupta.
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