SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government will formulate a five-year action plan for rapid growth of critical sectors which possess very high potential for generating employment and wealth in the state.
The sectors included dairy, poultry, vegetable, Pasture and fodder development, animal and sheep husbandry, fisheries and the other allied sectors possessing very high potential for generating employment and wealth in the State, an official spokesperson said.
For this purpose, a committee, comprising the Minister for Forests, Minister for Agriculture, Minister of State for Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Vice Chancellors of both the Farm Universities of the State and the Commissioner -Secretary, Agriculture Production, has been set up to prepare the action plan in collaboration with all the line departments concerned.
He said decision to this effect was taken at the 10th meeting of the University Council of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, held at Raj Bhavan, here yesterday under the chairmanship of Governor N N Vohra, who is Chancellor of the University. Governor, and Mr Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister, who is Pro-Chancellor of the University, emphasized the need for adequate utilization of infrastructure, manpower and all other logistics and resources available with the Farm Universities for maximizing their outputs.
They stressed the need for taking all required measures on urgent basis for enhancing production of dairy, poultry, mutton and fish. They also called for more close coordination among both the Farm Universities of the State and extension agencies of the Government for enhancing agri-productivity on sustainable basis.
Reviewing the intake capacity of the SKUAST-Jammu, the Governor said every effort must be made to ensure that no seat in any discipline remains unfilled.
Regarding the status of infrastructure development works of the University, the Governor asked the Vice Chancellor to take up the matter with the concerned executing agencies for ensuring timely completion of all these works.
He also emphasised for expediting all the required measures to facilitate construction of building for Maize Research Sub-Station at Sansoo, in Udhampur district in a time bound manner.
While reviewing the headway made towards establishing Krishi Vigyan Kendras in Samba, Udhampur and Ramban districts, the Governor asked the Vice Chancellor to pursue the matter with the authorities concerned for expediting possession of the land for the establishment of the KVKs, describing these as nerve centres for transfer of agricultural technologies to the farmers to progressively enhance agri-productivity and production in the State on a sustained basis.
