Srinagar : For upscaling the skills of growers, the department will be establishing Horticulture Skill Development Institutes in the state targeted at developing and enhancing the pre/post harvest management practices among the fruit growers.’Minister for Horticulture, Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari today said this during a meeting with senior officers of the Horticulture Department convened to review and evaluate proposals for the development of sector in the state.Secretary Horticulture Manzoor Ahmad Lone, Director Horticulture Kashmir Manzoor Ahmad Qadri, besides senior officers of department were present in the meeting.The meeting discussed various pertinent proposals to further increase the reach and ambit of the growers’ facilitation efforts of the department. During the meeting, it was decided that Skill Development Institutes will be established in the state that will equip fruit growers with necessary technical skills like pruning, grafting among others, so as to increase the quality of state’s produce.’These institutions will not only facilitate growers by developing their technical skill set for increased fruit production but also provide certificate courses. With these Institutes we aim to achieve two front objective of improved quality in state’s fruit yield and employment opportunity generation for people”, the Minister asserted.
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