5th round of Kisan Sampark Abhiyan concludes in Ramban

RAMBAN, MAY 24: The 5th round of Kisan Sampark Abhiyan- a Farmers’ Orientation program on Holistic Agriculture Development Plan  concluded  in 10 blocks of district Ramban under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with the theme Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

The campaign ended on a positive note as an overwhelming response was received from the farming community in all ten blocks of the district.

  Audio-visuals (AVs) aids were used to disseminate the information about different government sponsored schemes meant for the welfare of the farmers associated with Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry, Horticulture, Apiculture, Pisciculture, Sericulture etc.

The resources persons from different departments raised awareness regarding various schemes among the participating farmers. Informative booklets in 03 (three) languages regarding the scheme of HADP were distributed among the participants. Moreover, farmers were also made aware about Daksh Kisan (online learning portal for skill development) and Kisan Sathi (IT Dashboard) portals regarding the digitalisation of various services/ schemes.

The resource persons urged farmers to ensure maximum participation in ‘Kisan Sampark Abhiyan’ to avail orientation and skilling courses for all interventions, latest techniques, explore new possibilities, and make farming more accessible and profitable.

 During the program, farmers also raised various queries, which resolved the concerned resource persons amicably. The event witnessed a huge participation of farmers’ mostly unemployed youth at each venue and 1479 farmers were registered during the fifth round of Kisan Sampark Abhiyan for the baseline survey by the Skill gap study resource persons.

The Deputy Commissioner, Ramban Mussarat Islam appreciated the efforts of all the  stakeholders department for successfully culminating the 5th  round  of Farmer Orientation Programme ‘Kisan Sampark Abhiyan’ under the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP)   across the district.  He also said that the Government has launched a number of schemes and programs for the welfare of the farmers and urged them to avail the benefits of the same.