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| JK Agriculture Minister interacts with the progressive farmers of Leh | | 
Leh, August 23 (Scoop News)- In order to know the potentials of agricultural produces of Leh and to encourage the farmers, the Minister for Agriculture J&K Govt. Gh. Nabi Lone today visited agriculture fields of farmers at Skara, Leh. While visiting the fields of vegetables including onion, tomato and potato ready for harvest, the minister was told that Army is the main buyer in Leh who procures maximum produces of farmers. The minister also visited the apple and apricot orchards of farmers and inquired about different verities and specialty of fruits being grown in Ladakh. The minister also assessed the progress of newly introduced crops like Beans and Cookerbeans in the fields of farmers. The minister was accompanied by Director Agriculture, Shaukat Begh and Director Sericulture, Farukh Ahmed Malik.
Interacting with the progressive farmers, the minister highly appreciated for their hard work in cultivating different types of vegetables in organized way and directed officers of Agriculture department to give more attention towards progressive farmers while giving departmental benefits so that other farmers could also inspire from them.
The Chief Agriculture Officer, Leh Tashi Tsetan and SDAO Tashi Dawa giving details about the agricultural produces of Leh informed the minister that almost all the farmers of Leh are fully trained in cultivating different verities of vegetables and fruits but need of the hour is to give marketing and processing facilities in Leh so that farmers of Leh could take their ancestral occupation to new heights.
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