District Development Commissioner Tariq Ahmed Zargar flagged off training cum exposure tour for farmers, here today.The DDC was accompanied by chief agricultural officer, district agriculture officers, extension agriculture officers besides prominent persons from civil society and media persons.25 progressive farmers were selected from all agriculture zones of the district for training programme at SKUAST Chatha under ATMA scheme.The training programme will impart training on “Vegetable Nursery raising Under Protective Cultivation” , “Seed Production Technology in Fodder Crop Oats” and Vermi Compositing”.Highlighting the need to organize such training programmes and awareness camps on regular basis, the DDC stressed for transfer of technology from lab to land and updating farmers about advancements in the field of Agriculture.Farmers were encouraged to get maximùm benefit from this training programme and adopt the practices in the field for boosting the agriculture production. They were also informed about Farmers' specific schemes like PMGSY & PMFBY among others which are aimed at increasing the productivity and double the farmers' income by 2022.