Team of Chamba women farmers leaves for study tour

Chamba, November 12

Deputy Commissioner DC Rana flagged off a group of women farmers of Chamba district for a study tour to other districts. The group included 35 women of Mehla, Tissa and Salooni.

Rana said during the study tour by the Agriculture Department from November 11 to 13, the women farmers’ group would visit different districts to get information about new techniques of agriculture.

The group would visit the market committee in Kangra to study its working and get information about the schemes being run by the committee for farmers.

In Palampur agricultural university, the farmers would be given information about new techniques of organic farming, natural farming and vegetable production, DC said.

The farmers would also visit the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bajaura, the Vegetable Research Centre, Katrain and the Lahaul Potato Committees, Manali, and Manikaran. The main objective of the tour is to learn about

the good quality, processing and packing of vegetables to get good prices. Agriculture extension officer Dr Diksha Kakkar and Dr Titiksha would guide the study tour of women farmers. —OC