Shabnam Kamili reviews arrangements for GI Mahotsav

SRINAGAR SEPTEMBER 27: Secretary in Agriculture Production Department (APD), Shabnam Kamili, today chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to review the arrangements for conduct of "GI Mahotsav" at Srinagar.

She had a brief assessment from all the concerned officers about the on...

Director Agriculture visits Lavender farm Argicheck Pulwama

Kashmir moving towards a Purple Revolution: Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 23: The Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited lavender farm Argicheck Pulwama and took stock of the lavender scenario at the farm. He moved to different blo...

Director Agriculture Kashmir flags-off Beekeepers on Exposure Visit

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 16: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal in presence of Director Agriculture Sikkim B.L Dahal today flagged-off a group of beekeepers on an exposure visit to Manigam, Ganderbal.

During the visit, farmers will interact with sc...

Director Agriculture visits Pulwama villages, takes stock of Paddy harvesting, vegetable crops scenario

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 14: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited different areas of Pulwama district and took stock of paddy harvesting and crop status of different vegetable crops.

The Director made...

Director Agriculture inaugurates 02 days Seminar on Beekeeping in Srinagar district

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 12: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated two days district level Seminar on Bee-keeping in district Srinagar.

The programme was organised by Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare departm...

Director Agriculture inaugurates 07 days DLTP on Scientific Beekeeping under (NBHM)

Aim of such programmes is to promote agripreneurial culture among educated youth: Chowdhury Iqbal

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 11: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated seven days divisional level training programme (DLT...

Agri deptt organizes two-day Seminar/ Awareness programme on Transformation of Beekeeping at Kulgam

KULGAM, SEPTEMBER 11: The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Kulgam today organized a Seminar cum Awareness programme on ‘Transformation of Bee Keeping’, under National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) at new conference hall of mini...

Principal Secretary APD visits Narkara, Mamath, Bugam areas of Budgam district, takes stock agriculture activities in these areas

Also interacts with progressive farmers

BUDGAM, SEPTEMBER 06: Principal Secretary Agriculture Production Department (APD), Shailendra Kumar today visited organic vegetable cluster Narkara here, held intera...

Director Agriculture inaugurates two-day Awareness/ Training programme at Budgam

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 05: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated two days awareness cum training programme on “promotion of bee keeping on scientific lines’’ under National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) at Sheikh–ul- Al...

Director Agriculture holds interaction with Saffron Farmers at Soslan, Balhama Srinagar

PULWAMA, SEPTEMBER 05: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today visited saffron growing areas of Balhama and held interaction with the saffron farmers of Soslan, Balhama Srinagar and also took stock of various interventions by the...

Director Agriculture holds interaction with Saffron Farmers at Chandhara Pampore

PAMPORE, SEPTEMBER 04: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today visited saffron growing areas of Pampore and held interactions with the saffron farmers of Chandhara. He also took stock of various interventions by the department in the ar...

Director Agriculture Kashmir takes stock of paddy, other crops in Anantnag

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 03: The Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited different paddy fields of Anantnag district and took stock of the agriculture scenario in the area. During the visit he held interactions with farmers and received feedbac...

Director Agriculture inaugurates Hi-tech Polyhouses at Budgam

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 30: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated Hi-tech Polyhouses under vegetable clusters at Narkara Budgam.

On his visit, the Director monitored the Mushroom unit at Mamat, Shogapora Budgam where the first fully automati...

Bhaderwah Rajma, Ramban Sulai Honey bag GI Tag

JAMMU, AUGUST 29: Two world famous local specialty products namely Bhaderwah Rajma and Ramban Sulai Honey have earned coveted geographical Indication Tag which signifies a great leap forward in promoting these exceptionally popular products of Jammu Division at international level. This was d...

Director Agriculture reviews physical & financial progress on implementation of HADP

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 28: To review the physical and financial progress on the implementation of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) and Capex budget (Scheme wise/district wise), the Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today chaired a meeting of...

Director Agriculture inaugurates Oil Extraction Unit at Krishi Bhawan Jammu

JAMMU, AUGUST 26: Director Agriculture Jammu, K. K. Sharma today inaugurated the Oil Extraction Unit for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants here in the Krishi Bhawan Talab Tillo.

Joint Director Agriculture (Inputs), Joint Director Agriculture (Extension), Joint...

Shailendra advises farmers to maximize benefits of Government schemes in agri-allied sector

Chairs interactive meeting with Board Members of J&K Advisory Board for Development of Kisans

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 23: Principal Secretary Agriculture Production Department, Shailendra Kumar held an interactive meeting with Board Members of J&K Ad...

Director Agriculture visits various areas of Anantnag & Kulgam

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 22: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited various fields of Anantnag, Kulgam districts and took stock of the agriculture scenario in these areas.

During the visit, Director Agriculture held interactions with the concern...

Director Agriculture visits Vegetable growing areas of zone Qamarwari in Srinagar

3rd Batch of vegetables produced under controlled conditions ready to reach markets: Chowdhury Iqbal

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 21: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited Vegetable Growing areas of Zone Qamarwari in Srinagar district...

Director Agriculture Kashmir visits SMF Tapper Kreeri

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 19: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited seed multiplication farm (SMF) Tapper Kreeri to take stock of various agriculture activities there.

During the visit, the Director inspected different blocks, hi-tech poly houses at the f...

Director Agriculture kick-starts 6th phase of Vegetable Seedling distribution

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today kick started the 6th phase of vegetable seedling distribution (including one lakh seedlings of knol-khol, Saag GM Dari, Red Cabbage, Broccoli and Cauliflower) at Kitchen Garden Premi...

Agriculture Department Kashmir celebrates 77th Independence Day

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 15: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal unfurled the National Flag in the lawns of Agriculture Directorate Lalmandi Srinagar, in presence of gathering of Directorate staff to celebrate the 77th Independence Day.

Director Agricultur...

Director Agriculture visits Potato Seed Development Farm Bosain Baramulla

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 14: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited Potato Seed Multiplication Farm Bosian Baramulla and inspected different blocks of the farm besides interacting with the technical experts and staff of the said farm.

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Director Agriculture inspects Industrial Estate Lassipora Pulwama

70 Bags of Subsidised urea being used for Industrial purpose seized

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 10: A team of enforcement officers led by the Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today inspected Industrial Estate Lassipora Pulwama and 70 bags (35.8) of subsidise...

Director Agriculture visits Khuthipora, B.K. Pora Budgam

Says efforts are on to retrieve the barren land for converting it into vegetable fields

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 04: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited the land retrieved from the brick Kiln and talked to the concerned farmer regarding various inte...

Union MoS AFW reviews functioning of Agriculture, Horticulture Deptts, ICAR-CITH Srinagar

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 03: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (AFW), Sushri Shobha Karandlaje today chaired a meeting and reviewed the functioning of Agriculture, Horticulture departments and ICAR-CITH here.

Addressing the me...

Pr Secy APD assesses performance of banks implementing CLS across J&K

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 02: Banks operating in Jammu and Kashmir need to work in tandem with Agriculture and Horticulture departments to achieve the targets set in various Credit Linked Schemes (CLS) of Agriculture Production Department (APD).

This was stated by Principal...

Director Agriculture inspects Paddy, Vegetable fields at Kulgam

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 01: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited Paddy, vegetable fields in different villages of Kulgam District and took stock of present agriculture Activities and the interventions by the department vis-a-vis different crops.
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Director Agriculture visits Heavy rainfall, Flash Flood affected areas of Kupwara

All necessary steps shall be taken to mitigate the losses to the affected farmers: Chowdhury Iqbal

KUPWARA, JULY 28: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today undertook a tour of various incessant rain, flash flood affected areas ...