Port Blair, June 20: The Secretary (Agriculture), Shri S.N. Misra chaired a meeting with the Director and Joint Directors and Senior officers of the Agriculture Department on 19th June 2013 in the conference hall of the Directorate of Agriculture to review the functioning of the department.
On the occasion Shri. M.A. Salam, Director of Agriculture gave a brief account of the various developmental activities undertaken by the department. The Secretary (Agri) discussed in depth regarding the various schemes and their mode of implementation by the department. He suggested that documentation and analysis of the data recorded for the area under organic farming, yield of different crops etc to compare with the inputs procured and issued to farmers.
The Secretary (Agri) also emphasized that a strategy has to be created to get proper feedback from the extension functionaries regarding the impact of implementation of various programmes and also the location specific needs of the farmers for proper planning. He also suggested that the activities on value addition and fruit preservation should be initiated as a flagship programme and more awareness has to be created on this aspect.