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Yash Khajuria | 8/9/2011 8:56:16 PM |
JAMMU, Aug 9: An amount of Rs 3.22 crore will be utilized for boosting saffron cultivation in district Kishtwar during the current financial year, Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir said while inaugurating 2-day training programme on production of quality Saffron under National Mission on Saffron-
Economical Revival under Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Yojna in the Directorate of Agriculture, Jammu.
As many as, 80 progressive farmers hailing from Kishtwar and other temperate areas of Jammu Division besides officers of the Agriculture Department from all the districts are participating in the programme.
The Minister said that the state government is taking measures to improve the quality and productivity of Saffron cultivation.
He said that service provider are proposed to be appointed to assist the farmers in adopting organic cultivation, practices and in marketing the saffron produce of the area so that the farmers are able to get a better price for the Saffron produced by them.
The cultivation of saffron is a traditional art. In India, 5,707 hectares of land comes under its cultivation. Its annual production is around sixteen thousand kilograms. The state of Jammu and Kashmir tops the list of the saffron growing states in India. it can be gauged from the fact that out of the total 5,707 hectares of land under its
cultivation 4,496 hectares lie exclusively in Jammu and Kashmir.
In Kashmir, Pampore, which is situated at a distance of 15 kilometers from Srinagar, is famous the world over for its high grade saffron. Saffron is also grown, though in a limited scale, in Kishtwar of Jammu. Pampore and its neighboring areas produce an average of 2,128 kilograms of saffron every year.
Sir Water Lawrence, in his book "The Valley of Kashmir" has written about saffron. He undertook a detailed study of the cultivation of saffron and its utilities. He writes people from different parts of Kashmir used to thromg Pampore for the cultivation of Saffron. Now, this is the exclusive preserve of the local population. Increasingly, saffron then used to be sold at a price of one rupee a tola. He adds
that till 1923, the maximum production of saffron was recorded in the Naga area of Pampore.
Now the average earning from its cultivation is from 30 to 40 crore rupees. Hence, after the production of fruits, the cultivation of saffron is the second largest activity in the state. So, it is necessary that new techniques are used to promote the cultivation of saffron. Modern and scientific techniques must be used.
Economical Revival under Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Yojna in the Directorate of Agriculture, Jammu.
As many as, 80 progressive farmers hailing from Kishtwar and other temperate areas of Jammu Division besides officers of the Agriculture Department from all the districts are participating in the programme.
The Minister said that the state government is taking measures to improve the quality and productivity of Saffron cultivation.
He said that service provider are proposed to be appointed to assist the farmers in adopting organic cultivation, practices and in marketing the saffron produce of the area so that the farmers are able to get a better price for the Saffron produced by them.
The cultivation of saffron is a traditional art. In India, 5,707 hectares of land comes under its cultivation. Its annual production is around sixteen thousand kilograms. The state of Jammu and Kashmir tops the list of the saffron growing states in India. it can be gauged from the fact that out of the total 5,707 hectares of land under its
cultivation 4,496 hectares lie exclusively in Jammu and Kashmir.
In Kashmir, Pampore, which is situated at a distance of 15 kilometers from Srinagar, is famous the world over for its high grade saffron. Saffron is also grown, though in a limited scale, in Kishtwar of Jammu. Pampore and its neighboring areas produce an average of 2,128 kilograms of saffron every year.
Sir Water Lawrence, in his book "The Valley of Kashmir" has written about saffron. He undertook a detailed study of the cultivation of saffron and its utilities. He writes people from different parts of Kashmir used to thromg Pampore for the cultivation of Saffron. Now, this is the exclusive preserve of the local population. Increasingly, saffron then used to be sold at a price of one rupee a tola. He adds
that till 1923, the maximum production of saffron was recorded in the Naga area of Pampore.
Now the average earning from its cultivation is from 30 to 40 crore rupees. Hence, after the production of fruits, the cultivation of saffron is the second largest activity in the state. So, it is necessary that new techniques are used to promote the cultivation of saffron. Modern and scientific techniques must be used.
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