Shopian: Krishi Vigyan Kendra Shopian in collaboration with Non-Government Organization (NGO) Reacha inaugurated today kickstarted a week long Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme on “Scientific Interventions in Fruit Crops for Quality Improvement” at Handew, Imamsahib Shopian sponsored by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
The programme was attended by team of Scientists from KVK-Shopian District Coordinator NGO-Reacha and other employees of both the collaborating organizations, the chief guest of the event Dr Zaffar Afroz Badri, Senior Scientist & Head, KVK-Shopian. Dr Bilal Ahmad Pandit, Scientist Horticulture, Dr Mir Shabir Ahmad Scientist Animal Sciences, and more than 30 participants from Smartpora of Handew villages of the district have actively participated in the programme.
At the outset of the programme, Dr Zaffar Afroz Badri presented a formal welcome address to the distinguished dignitaries who had come to attend the inauguration programme of the event. Further he has deliberated upon how educated rural youth of the district can be trained to earn their livelihood through these programmes and emphasized youth to come forward and be job providers instead of job seekers.
The team leader Dr. Zaffar Afroz Badri deliberated upon the use of integrated approach to improve the soil health and different ways and means to cut down the input cost by adopting the latest university recommended technologies for the betterment of the district. He considered integrated farming as a means for sustainable progress of the farming community.
Dr. Bilal Ahmad Pandit course Coordinator of the programme gave an elaborated lecture through power point presentation on High density plantation – A way forward discussed various ways and means for profitable enterprises in horticulture and other practices in horticulture to harvest the better dividends, improve the soil health with integrated nutrient and pest management.
The raising of clonal rootstock can be a profitable enterprise wherein an entrepreneur can earn up to 10 to 20 lakh per hectare by adopting scientific practices in nursery raising of clonal rootstocks. At the same time we can reduce the wealth that is being drained from our state to procure imported material for its plantation and observe new pest outbreaks from foreign material. In this way we are able to create employment opportunities for educate rural youth and save our state from pest invasion and improve our socio-economic conditions.
At the end of the session Dr. Mir Shabir scientist Animal sciences presented a formal vote of thanks to the distinguished dignitaries and participants of the programme.
