Department of Agriculture, Jammu today organized an awareness camp, here at Model Village Sohajana of Zone Mandal to mark the Soil Health Card Day.Observed across the country on February 19, the Day coincides with the launch of the Soil Health Card Scheme (SHC) by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi five years back.Highlighting the importance of Soil Health Card, Agriculture Extension Officer Mandal, Sanjay Dhar said that farmers can know their current soil health status report by having this card as it is prepared by highly technical soil testing laboratories for accurate fertilizer dose recommendations.Meanwhile, the experts urged the participants that every farmer must have SHC as it aims at promoting the balanced use of fertilizers to enable the farmers to realize higher yields at lower cost.The farmers were also imparted knowledge about norms and guidelines of various farmers’ welfare schemes on the occasion.Pertinently, 18500 soil samples across Jammu district have been analyzed this year so far, while 4900 soil samples have been analyzed under Pilot phase for all the essential twelve nutrients.Agriculture Extension Officer, Shanker Dass Sharma; Research Assistants STL Jammu, Rohit Gondotra and R. P. Kochhar, besides other officers and field functionaries of the department were also present on the occasion.Meanwhile, the participants were urged to take pledge on the noble day to protect our green gold and enrich our Soils by balanced nourishment of nutrients to get self-sufficiency in agriculture sector.’