4-Month Farmers Orientation Programme Launched in J&K for Holistic Agriculture Development

Over a period of the next five years, the Holistic Agriculture Development Plan (HADP) has been rolled out with 29 proposed projects with an outlay of Rs 5,012 crores to be implemented.

Additional Chief Secretary, APD, Atal Dulloo told: "Today, the department kick-started the 4-month orientation programme for the farmers under HADP, simultaneously across all the districts of the UT."

He said that the orientation programme was held across 264 venues engaging close to 14,000 farmers across the Union Territory on the first day of the programme.

Dulloo said, "The programme shall be held on the first three days of every week. The mammoth exercise beginning from today shall be completed in 4 months, which will cover all the panchayats of the all the districts and shall culminate on 31st August 2023."

During the programme, he said that a comprehensive district-specific calendar has been issued by the government.

The additional chief secretary said, "An innovative tool for describing the schemes using short films has been put in place. A total of 49 videos of schemes under HADP and other centrally-sponsored schemes were shown across the venues in J&K."

He said, "Besides this question answer session after each screening session of videos was held to clear the doubt of farmers."

The participants were informed about the DAKSH KISAN- the learning management system developed by APD for the skill development of the farmers, where 118 skill courses according to the agro-climatic zones of the UT are available for free.