On Thursday, the Officers and Field Functionaries of the Department of Horticulture Kashmir participated in a one-day training program at the Directorate of Horticulture Rajbagh, Srinagar.
The program’s primary objective was to provide participants with hands-on training on managing High-Density Apple orchards, and the newly appointed Horticulture Development Officers and other Department field staff members attended. The programme encompassed a series of technical sessions followed by practical demonstration.
G.R. Mir, Director Horticulture Kashmir, emphasized the significance of the practical demonstrations and training in his inaugural speech. He went on to say that putting on such training programs is crucial for spreading knowledge about how to manage high-density fruit plantations.
He highlighted the importance of the High Density Apple plantation and stressed that such a plantation needs to be managed on modern and scientific lines. He further added that the trainees shall act as master trainers of the Department and shall disseminate the technique and knowledge that they are going to learn during these training programmes.
He emphasized the significance of the High Density Apple Plantation and the need for modern and scientific management methods on such a plantation. He went on to say that the trainees will be the Department’s master trainers and will spread the skills and knowledge they learn in these training programs.
In addition, he emphasized the necessity of scientifically developing public nurseries in order to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of High Density Planting material. He went on to say that more programs of this kind will be held in all of the Districts of the Kashmir Division in the future.
Mohamad Amin Bhat, a Subject Matter Specialist in the Technical Section of the Directorate, then led a hands-on session of the training in the High-Density orchard of the Advanced Centre for Horticulture Development (ACHD) Rajbagh.
