Agriculture Department has supplied 51 quintal Dhaincha Crop Seed at 80 percent subsidy covering 102-hactere of area under Organic Basmati Rice Cluster (SBRC) development project here in border block of Suchetgarh.
As part of the project, the department is going to hold anintensive training programme for organic basmati growers of SBRC incollaboration with Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export DevelopmentAuthority (APEDA). The training is being held to aware the Organic BasmatiGrowers about latest trends in field of marketing and exports so they can getgood returns of their quality produce.
This information was given by Director of Agriculture,Jammu, PS Rathore to the farmers during a visit to Suchetgarh Organic BasmatiRice Cluster (SBRC). There he inspected the field activities being undertakenfor the production of high quality organic Basmati Rice.
After inspecting the mechanized inversion of green maneuverof crop Dhaincha at Basti Korotana, Rathore said ploughing of green DhainchaCrop in the soil aids in improving the soil health and texture besides fixingsufficient quantity of Nitrogen in the soil.
Pertinently, Suchetgarh Organic Basmati Rice Cluster (SBRC)project, launched in 2016-17 in RS Pura Sub Division of Jammu District targetsto cover 570 hacter of Paddy growingarea. The objective is to enable the farmers of the cluster to produce true-to-type aromatic Basmati ricethrough organic means for improved marketability and export to realize economicreturns as per Organic India standards under Participatory Guarantee System(PGS).
Meanwhile, the farmers raised various problems and issuesincluding less discharge of canal irrigation water at the tail-end areas ofborder villages.
The director assured to take up the matter with theconcerned authorities for early redress.