Yasha Mudgal conducts extensive tour of Srinagar district
Inspects various HADP projects, also interacts with progressive farmers
SRINAGAR, APRIL 16: Mission Director, Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP), Yasha Mudgal today conducted an extensive tour of Srinagar district to assess the agricultural scenario of the district.
During the tour, the Mission Director visited hi-tech polygreen houses at Maloora Qamarwari, vegetable mandi Lalmandi Srinagar, controlled crop growing unit HMT. She held interaction with vegetable farmers and agri-preneurs of different areas of the district.
Interacting with farmers, the Mission Director reiterated departments commitment to socio-economic development of the farming community of UT of J&K. She highlighted the importance of HADP and asked the farmers to come forward and avail the benefits of this scheme.
The Mission Director directed the concerned officers to ensure maximum awareness among the farming community across the UT regarding the projects implemented under HADP.
Earlier, Mission Director visited vegetable mandi at Directorate of Agriculture Lal Mandi here and inspected vegetable stalls and community seed bank. She also held interactions with progressive farmers.
The Mission Director also released a book on PGS INDIA Organic Certification on the occasion.
Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal, Joint Directors, Sectoral officers, Chief Agriculture officer Srinagar and other senior officers of the department were present on the occasion.
