Indian Army distributes high yielding hybrid seeds to J-K villagers
March 30th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by ANILeh, Mar 30 (ANI): As a part of its co-operation with the general public, the Indian Army distributed high yielding hybrid seeds to the locals villagers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region.
Around 1500 villagers from various parts of Ladakh were present on the occasion on Tuesday to receive the seeds of various vegetables such as cabbage and onion, brought from Jammu by the III Division of the Indian Army.
Brigadier Ajay Kumar, Deputy General Officer Commanding of III Division, who was the chief guest at the formal function, said that this act would benefit around population of 1500 people residing in the region.
“Through this we believe that around seven villages with a population of around 1500 of public are being benefited by this. We have got this request from the villagers that they do not have good quality seeds, due to which the crop grown here is not good,” said Brigadier Ajay Kumar.
“Looking at this condition, we studied it and then especially from Jammu we have brought these special hybrid seeds. And we hope that this will benefit all the villagers and hope that their production will increase and they will prosper,” he added.
Thinley Dawa, Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer, said that this measure would result in increased production and consequent enhanced income of the villagers.
“In many places in India people are being neglected in the agriculture sector. This is because of lesser yield and lesser production, so now recently for the past few years we have come to know that production is increasing with the use of hybrid seeds or seeds of high quality,” said Thinley Dawa.
“So, due to these seeds distribution, people will get double income than the normal seeds. The quality of the crop would be better, it will be marketable,” he added.
Thinley Dawa further noted that these hybrid seeds would lead to a reduction in the expenditure incurred on pesticides and fertilisers.
The aim of the camp is the ‘Rural Community Development Programme’ mooted by the Indian defence forces in the remote villages of Ladakh and to strengthen the bond between the locals and the security personnel. (ANI)
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