The 8th round of ongoing Kisan Sampark Abhiyan (Farmers Orientation programme- HADP) under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with the theme Aatmanirbhar Bharat was held successfully in the blocks of district Ramban.
The campaign ended today at a positive note as an overwhelming response was received from the farming community in all ten blocks of the district. Audio-visuals (AVs) aids were used to disseminate the information about different government sponsored schemes meant for the welfare of the farmers associated with Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry, Horticulture, Apiculture, Pisciculture, Sericulture etc.
The resources persons from different departments educated the farmers regarding the agro bases schemes. Informative booklets, in 03 (three) languages, regarding the HADP schemes were distributed among the participants.
Moreover, farmers were also made aware about Daksh Kisan (online learning portal for skill development) and Kisan Sathi (IT Dashboard) portals offering online services/ schemes.The resource persons urged farmers to participate in 'Kisan Sampark Abhiyan' to avail orientation and skilling courses for all interventions, latest techniques, explore new possibilities, and make the farming more accessible and profitable.
During the program, farmers also raised various queries, which resolved the concerned resource persons amicably.The event witnessed a huge participation of farmers’ mostly unemployed youth at each venue and 578 farmers were registered during the eighth round of Kisan Sampark Abhiyan for the baseline survey by the Skill gap study resource persons.