JAMMU, JANUARY 10: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated Mega Fruit Plant Nursery at Chakroi, RS Pura here today.
Congratulating the farmers and fruit growers on the occasion, the Lt Governor said, the Nursery will provide best technologies as well as true-to-type quality planting material that will reshape the Horticulture Sector in the area.
It is a massive achievement that in one year a mega fruit plant nursery has been established in an area where cross border shelling was a normal thing in fields, he added.
“This decade in agriculture & horticulture sector belongs to J&K UT. The policies through holistic development plan have laid the foundations for a sea change in J&K’s economic growth”, said the Lt Governor.
The Lt Governor also shared the vision of the government to bring a significant change in the lives of farmers of J&K and accelerate the growth of J&K’s economy.
Our effort is to make sub-tropical fruit cultivation a multi-faceted business by increasing efficiency of orchards with the help of various interventions like setting up new nurseries and new plant material testing labs, observed the Lt Governor.
Government is committed to serve the present and future needs of farmers in an integrated manner. Our endeavour is also to convert farm’s & orchard’s potential into farmer’s power and transform all the districts of both Jammu and Kashmir divisions into a hub of export with the cultivation of niche crops and value addition of special products, the Lt Governor said.
In order to meet the future challenges and to ensure new wave of growth momentum, 29 projects approved by Apex Committee for Holistic Development of Agriculture & Allied sectors are being implemented. The plan worth Rs 5013 crores will bring significant change in the lives of around 13 lakh farming families of J&K including 2.62 lakh small and marginal farming families, the Lt Governor noted.
No other region in the country has made such a revolutionary intervention in the Agriculture and allied sector. All arrangements, from seed to market have been made through implementation framework of the plan, he added.
Hon’ble Prime Minister has ensured that there would be no shortage of funds for farmers of J&K, the Lt Governor further added.
The Lt Governor also made valuable suggestions to improve productivity and tackling challenges as well as opportunities of the agriculture & allied sectors.
