Scientific Cultivation
Scientific cultivation of Oilseed could fetch better returns: Director Agriculture, Kashmir
Srinagar/IBNS: Continuing the valley wide sowing campaign of oilseed (Mustard) on mission mode, the Director of Agriculture, Kashmir Chowdhary Muhammad Iqbal Saturday visited Tailbal and other adjacent areas of Srinagar district.
While interacting with the farmers of the area, the Director said that the Department is committed to promote the cultivation of Oilseed (Mustard) on commercial lines.
He said that using quality seeds provided by the department and doing cultivation on modern scientific lines could fetch better returns to the farmers.
He asked the farmers to bring more land under the oilseed cultivation, as it is an economically remunerative and sustainable enterprise.
Further, he said the department is working to introduce new varieties of different crops including oilseeds (Mustard) which could be better performing in terms of production and productivity.
He asked the concerned field officers to offer latest technical interventions to the oilseed farmers so that the cultivation, harvesting and post harvesting management could be done on scientific lines.
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