To review the Mobile Fertilizer Monitoring System (mFMS) and supply/availability of different chemical fertilizers in Kashmir Division, a joint meeting of State/Regional managers of different fertilizer companies and district Nodal officers of Agriculture department was held at Agriculture Complex Lalmandi Srinagar under the chairmanship of Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi.The Director Agriculture instructed the officers present in the meeting to connect their wholesalers with portal mFMS and update the supplies and stock position weekly.
The director also impressed on adequate supply of quality fertilizers to the farmers as the Kharief season is commencing from February and also there are huge requirements of fertilizers for fruit crops. He directed the fertilizer dealers to regulate the supplies and ensure easy availability and of fertilizers. He said that the licences of erring dealers will be cancelled who are found in profiteering.The representatives of the fertilizer companies informed the Director that sufficient stocks of supplies have been dumped at the Rack Point Nowgam and will be made available to the consumers of Central & North Kashmir in the due course of time., while as for South Kashmir the Rack Point has been kept at Udhampur. The representatives of the Companies jointly requested the Director Agriculture Kashmir for taking up the matter with the Government regarding the shifting of Rack Point from Udhampur to Awantipora.The Director impressed upon the District Nodal Officers to monitor the supplies and also instructed the wholesale dealers to give weekly information to the Nodal Officers. The fertilizer companies were directed for getting their fertilizer analysed at the quality control laboratories of the department.