The Director Horticulture Kashmir, G.R. Mir today visited Fruit Plant Nursery (FPN) Zakura and Harwan and took stock of various developmental activities going on there.
During the visit, the Director thoroughly deliberated on all the management practices being carried out. He instructed the staff to speed up the pruning, hoeing and other nursery operations in the nursery and focus on orchard sanitation and production of quality planting material.
He further instructed the Chief Horticulture Officer and concerned staff to develop the land identified for “Production of Designer Plants for Promotion of High-density Plantation and Rejuvenation of Orchards” under Holistic Development of Agriculture.
He asked the officers to make optimum utilization of landand other resources in the nurseries.