To motivate women farmers to adopt Horticulture as a source of livelihood, Director Horticulture Jammu C. L Sharma flagged off an Exposure visit of a group of 72 Women Farmers. During the exposure visit, women farmers visited Strawberry plantation farm, Protected Cultivation Structures, Micro- Food Processing Units, Geo-Tanksetc at Gazian and Morchapur.
The purpose of exposure visits is to enable farmers to have a first-hand experience of new age Horticulture Practices as the same offers attractive returns.The Director, while interacting with the women farmers, briefed them about the various schemes of the department.
He asked them to form Self Help Groups (SHG’s) and assured that the department will assist them in setting up Micro Food Processing units on subsidized cost for the value addition of fruit and vegetable products. This will not only make them self-reliant but can play an important role in enhancing the family income.
Joint Director Horticulture Jammu Vikas Anand, Chief Horticulture Officer Jammu Rakesh Kotwal, DLSMS Jammu Sandeep Gupta and other officers of the department were also present