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| Potential for production of disease free potato seed tubers | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Udhampur, June 22: Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir said that Jammu and Kashmir has a huge potential for becoming a hub for the production of disease free and quality Potato Seed Tubers and its crop. The Minister was speaking on the inauguration of two-day seminar on "Potato Development at Sanasar- Patnitop this morning.
Minister of state for Agriculture, Javid Ahmad Dar MLA Ramban Ashok Kumar and Principal Secretary Agriculture, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, also spoke on the occasion.
Reiterating that production of Potato Seed Tubers has a great potential of employability, Mir asked all the stake holders to tap the unexplored potential of high altitude land areas by introducing modern agriculture technology to make the state self-sufficient in potato seed tubers and its crop production.
Referring to the states potential in yielding high quality seed tubers, the Minister emphasized upon the Directors of Agriculture, Kashmir and Jammu for optimum utilization of their respective agriculture farms particularly the hill station farms in production disease-free and quality seed tubers. He said that this year maximum funds would be made available for the development of Agriculture farms across the state. He added that thrust should also be put on setting up of Seed Villages by providing all modern technical inputs to the farmer's as it is the viable economic activity for the rural populace. Saying that J&K as whole is a tourist state, he called for taking the initiatives of the processing of high quality potato for making chips, which would help in reviving rural economy as the raw material is already available here.
Speaking on the occasion, Javid Ahmad Dar said that Agriculture Department would play a pivotal role in introducing improved crop production technology among the farmers. He said that we should set the target for Commercial Potato Cultivation and Potato Seed production.
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