Inaugurates
upgraded Naturally Ventilated Poly Green House at Krishi Bhawan
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Jammu: Principal
Secretary Agriculture Production Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, today
chaired the meeting of Inter-departmental Working Group (IDWG)/ State Level
Executive Committee (SLEC) of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme Sub-Mission on
Agriculture Extension (SMAE-ATMA), Sub Mission on Agriculture Mechanization
(SMAM) and Sub-Mission on Seeds & Planting Material (SMSP) here at Krishi
Bhawan Talab Tillo.
These all components are
covered under “National Mission on Agriculture Extension & Technology
(NMAET)”.
The meeting convened to review
the physical and financial achievements made during 2019-20 under Sub-Mission
on Agriculture Extension (SAME), SMAM, and SMSP 2019-20, besides to scrutinize
the 2020-21 Action Plans under the SAME
to be submitted to State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC) and approval of
Annual action Plan under SMAM, SMSP 2020-21.
It was apprised that State
action plan has been formulated as per guidelines of the SAME-ATMA schemes. The
thrust areas under the scheme include identification of best progressive
farmers for motivation of other farmers, publication of success stories with
focus on large scale trainings/exposure visits of extension officers and field
functionaries and awareness dissemination at the block level.
The Principal Secretary, on
the occasion, called for developing a
Kissan App with all type of information including technical guidance, soil
health, KCC, Transportation/ marketing and cold storage related facilitation
for the farmers. He also stressed on the formulation of effective training and
capacity building programme for farmers and officers at SAMETI and SKUAST J and
SKUAST K with the involvement of faculty
from Agriculture Universities across the country. Further, he directed to fix
the accountability of Extension agency to create visible impact in the field.
The SLEC approved the Work
Plan for the SAME 2020-21 for further recommendation to SLSC. The SLEC also discussed and accorded in
principal approval to the Action Plan under “Sub-Mission on Agricultural
Mechanization (SMAM)” and Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material (SMSP) for
the year 2020-21 with the directions to review the components in coordination
with SKUAST-J & K and making necessary inclusions, if needed.
It was apprised that Seed
Replacement Rate (SRR) of 35% for Self Pollinated Crops and 40% for Cross
Pollinated Crops has been targeted under the work plan of 2020-21.
Director Agriculture
Jammu, Inder Jeet, who is also Mission
Director NNAET, made a detailed
Powerpoint Presentation on the annual action plan under Sub Mission on
Agriculture Extension (SAME) Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
and Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Materials (SMSP) in the meeting.
The IDWG was also attended by VC SKUAST Jammu, Dr. J. P. Sharma; Additional Secretary RDD, Rakesh Kumar;
Director Fisheries J&K, Mohd Amin Mir; Director Animal Husbandry Jammu,
Viveek Sharma; Director Horticulture
Jammu, Ram Savak; Director CAD Jammu, Smita Sethi; Director Sheep Husbandry
Jammu, Sanjeev Kumar; Director Floriculture Jammu, Kishore Singh Chib; Director Planning Agriculture Production
& Farmers Welfare, Dr. H. S. Arora; Director SAMETI-J, Dr S.K. Gupta; Director Research SKUAST; Joint Director of
Agriculture (Extension) B. K. Chandan; Director of Agriculture (Inputs), Anil
Nargotra; Joint Director SLUB, Daisy Bhan; Technical officer APD, Vijay
Upadhay; Deputy Director Agriculture Central, S. Inderjeet Singh; Agriculture
Economist, K. K. Sharma.
VC SKUAST-K, Nazeer Ahmad;
Director Agriculture Kashmir, A. A. Andrabi and other Kashmir based officers
attended the meeting through video conferencing.
Meanwhile, the Principal
Secretary to Government Agriculture Production Department, Navin Kumar
Choudhary also inaugurated newly Upgraded Naturally Ventilated Poly Green House
(NVPGH) at Krishi Bhawan Talab Tillo.
Agronomist (Vegetable) S. A.
S. Reen apprised that the existing structure has been upgraded and fitted with
Fan and Pad system to enable raising of vegetable nursery throughout the year.
Fan and Pad cooling System uses heat in the air to evaporate the water from
plants and other wetted surfaces which can be used to cool the green house
below the outer temperature. Further, it was told that the target of growing 10
lakh seedlings of different vegetables has been set for this year for further
distribution to the farmers.
Later, the Principal Secretary
took a review meeting of the Agriculture production Department wherein feedback
was taken regarding progress of various schemes being implemented by the
department including Kissan Credit Cards (KCC), Pradhan Mantri Kissan Samman
Nidhi, Soil Health Cards (SHCs), Trikuta Mushroom Corridor Project, Preparation
of District Agriculture Atlas, Identification of Panchayats for Integrated
Farming Adaption and formation of Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Farmers Produces
Organizations (FPOs) etc. He impressed upon the officers to ensure success of
Kissan Pakhwada beginning from 7th of July and aiming at to achieve 100%
coverage under KCC/ PM Kissan. All events during the Pakhwada should be
organized observing strict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines, he added.
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