The Director of Agriculture for Kashmir, Mohammad Ilyas Khateeb today kick-started the sale of vegetable seedlings at Kitchen Garden Lalmandi, Srinagar. During interaction with the farmers and kitchen garden lovers, the Director said that the department is vigorously enduring to attract more and more farmers and kitchen garden lovers towards the vegetable sector.
The Director said that the department is producing seedlings of different vegetable crops in hi-tech poly houses under controlled conditions in all the districts of Kashmir division and the seedlings would be distributed among the farming community of the region in a phased manner so that the produce (vegetables ) reaches market in a way where it could fetch the farmer maximum possible returns.
He said the department is producing vegetable seedlings in consonance with the market demand for the produce.
Khateeb said that the department is working to ensure that maximum area could be brought under different crops during the Kharief season.
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