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<p>SRINAGAR: Kashmir Director of Agriculture, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal visited Allowpora Shopian Seed Multiplication Farm (SMF) today to take stock of the progress in implementing different programs at the Farm.</p>
<p>During the visit, the Director also visited different sections of the Farm spread over an area of ​​almost 1100 Kanals and reviewed the various interventions adopted there.</p>
<p>Speaking on the occasion, the Director said that departmental farms are the department's assets and have an unavoidable role to play amidst the changing world agricultural landscape.</p>
<p>"Our immediate objective is to achieve self-sufficiency in the seed requirement for the different agricultural crops in the region, and the Departmental Seed Multiplication Farms are the main resources to achieve this ambitious goal," he added.</p>
<p>Iqbal said that it is likely that a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed with the National Seed Corporation so that the full potential and scope of these departmental farms and other related infrastructure is properly channeled.</p>
<p>He asked the officers/technical experts involved to work in a mission mode so that all the goals set for the current year could be successfully achieved.</p>
<p>Earlier, the Director of Agriculture visited high-tech polyethylene houses in Hall Nikas</p>
<p>Shopian and took stock of the preparation for the distribution of seedlings of different vegetable crops among farmers in the affected areas.</p>
<p>The Director (Insecticide Controller) also inspected several Shopian District Insecticide/Pesticide distributors.</p>
<p>The director of agriculture was accompanied by deputy director of planning Mohammad Younis Chowdhary, director of agriculture Shopian Farooq Ahmad Reshi and other senior Shopian district officials.</p>
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