BANDIPORA, Sept. 1 -- Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Bandipora, Zaffar Husson Shawl in presence of Chief Horticulture Officer Bandipora, Farooq Ahmad Tantray, today flagged-off a group of 100 progressive farmers for a one-day exposure visit-cum-awareness programme at SKUAST-K Shalimar, Srinagar.

The visit has been organized by the Horticulture department, Bandipora under the CAPEX scheme (Promotion and Information Dissemination) 2025-26.

Farmers were drawn from four horticulture zones of the district viz. Aloosa (25), Bandipora (25), Hajin (25), and Sumbal (25) are scheduled to participate in a training session on Orchard Management and Reduction of Pesticides in Fruit Crops grown in the Kashmir Valley at SKUAST-K Shalimar.

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