SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 11: To assess the crop situation and to review the
infrastructural development of the agrostology farms of Kashmir Valley,
agrostologist from the Agriculture Department Kashmir today visited the high
altitude agrostology farm at Dhobi Ghat Gulmarg.
The farm is spread over an area of 17.5 hectares out of which 8 hectares are
brought under the cultivation of perennial fodder crops. The farm is one of the
five high altitude farms under the Department wherein different varieties of
fodder crops are grown, which are disease free, high in protein
content for the consumption of animals.
The Agrostologist
was informed that 15 quintals of red clover/ other perennial seed
has been produced last year from these farms and distributed among the
farmers on subsidized rates.
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