 Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 17: Two days State level Annual Action Plan Meeting of KVKs of Jammu and Kashmir state was held today by Dr. Pradeep K. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu. The meeting is being organised under the Chairmanship of Director, ICAR-ATARI, Zone-I, Ludhiana at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, RS Pura, SKUAST-Jammu with the focus to finalize the annual action plans 2018-19 of KVKs under the administrative control of SKUAST-Jammu, SKUAST-Kashmir and Central Institute for Temperate Horticulture (CITH), Kashmir. The Senior Scientist & Heads and scientists of KVKs from Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh divisions discussed in detail the activities proposed to be carried out in their respective districts. Dr. R.K. Arora, Associate Director Extension (KVKs) presented the welcome address and elaborated the working of KVKs in Jammu region. Dr. Pradeep K. Sharma, Vice Chancellor in his address acknowledged the efforts of Director, ICAR-ATARI, Zone-I, Ludhiana for providing full support to KVKs of Jammu & Kashmir for achieving success in different aspects of agricultural and allied activities. Appreciating the efforts of KVKs, Dr. Sharma expressed that KVKs are the real windows of State Agricultural Universities and stressed upon the up-scaling of KVKs' activities for higher level adoption of recommended technologies on farmers' fields. He further reiterated the need for enhancing the visibility of KVKs in J&K for gaining confidence of farmers and other stakeholders. He advised KVKs to enhance the farmers base of KVKs by covering the remote and far flung areas of the state. |
