SRINAGAR, JUNE 13: Principal
Secretary Agriculture Production Department, Sundep Kumar Nayak today convened
an interactive meeting of growers and officers to review Apiculture Development
Scheme at Agriculture Complex Lal Mandi.
The joint interactive meeting was attended by entrepreneurs, beekeepers
and officers of the Department. Among the officers Director Agriculture
Kashmir, Director Law Enforcement, Director Finance APD, MD Agro Industries
Development Corporation, concerned Joint Director’s, Chief
Agriculture Officers, Apiculture Development Officers and Apiculture
Development Assistants attended the meeting.
Principal Secretary while interacting with the Bee-keepers and
Entrepreneurs sought suggestions from them for making the Apiculture Industry
profitable and emphasized upon the officers to devise programmes in order to
give boost to the Apiculture Sector.
He also deliberated upon the officers that Apiculture sector is among
the priorities of Chief Minister’s intervention Projects and Kupwara
district has been taken as Model District under Apiculture Sector.
The meeting was informed that the Department is providing training and
awareness to the farmers interested in Bee keeping and Department provides
assistance of Rs. 20000 per unit of ten colonies to the farmers under RKVY
scheme.
It was also informed that Department is having about 45000 colonies
with an annual production of about 4300 quintals of honey in Kashmir Division.
The Beekeepers and Entrepreneurs requested the chair for creating better
marketing facilities, creation of Bee Colony Multiplication Centres and supply
of medicines to control the disease through the Department.
MD Agro Industries assured the Entrepreneurs that the Department will
facilitate marketing of honey by procurement on commercial prices.
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