JIT headed by Dir Horticulture Kashmir inspects processing units at Khanmoh

Srinagar, Jan 27: Joint Inspection Team (JIT) headed by the Director Horticulture Kashmir G. R. Mir on Friday visited Khanmoh to inspect the processing units.
The team visited M/S Jasmine AgroProcessing Industries. This was the first visit of Joint Inspection Team to the said Processing Unit after the project was approved by the State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) for Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH).
The said unit has been established at a project cost of Rupees 74 lacs. The unit has been established for to add value to the fruit crop in order to enable the growers to get a better price for their produce.
The establishment of such units will create greater employment opportunities for the educated youth of the valley. He enjoined upon the entrepreneurs to come forward and set up the such units for which Department will provide every possible help.
He was accompanied by the Joint Director Horticulture Kashmir, Chief Canning Instructor, Kashmir, Chief Horticulture Officer, Srinagar, and other members of the JIT.
Later, Director Horticulture Kashmir visited Centre of Excellence (CoE) Zawoora, Srinagar. Speaking on the occasion he highlighted the importance of the institution in increasing the production and productivity of various fruit crops and in boosting the economic strength of farming community and will also help in the transfer of latest technology to the farmers’ field. He further impressed upon the officers posted at the Centre to complete the time bound operations within the stipulated time.
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