Leh, Aug 10: The first Ladakh AgriTech Mela began with an inaugural function organised by STI HUB Ladakh in collaboration with LAHDC Leh, CSIR-IMTECH Chandigarh and NIELIT Leh.
Lt. Governor, Ladakh, RK Mathur attended the inaugural function as the chief guest whereas the guests of honours were Dy Chairman, LAHDC Leh, Tsering Angchuk; EC Agriculture, Stanzin Chosphel; EC RDD Tashi Namgyal Yakzee; Principal Secretary Heath, Dr. Pawan Kotwal; Commissioner Secretary Skill Development, Padm...
Leh, July 17: Go Green Go Organic held its first mega convention at Phyang today headed by His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Thinley Lundup along with Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Leh, Advocate Tashi Gyalson as the chief guest of the event.
Addressing the convention, His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Thinley Lundup talked about the importance of sustainable projects that suit the conditions of Ladakh and discussed the future projects of Go Green Go Organic. His Holiness stressed about lin...
VoL Desk, July 16: Marking the celebration of 94th ICAR foundation Day, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kargil 1 organized a day- long programme along with live streaming from ICAR headquarters.
The chief guest of the occasion was Aga Syed Mehdi, Executive Councillor for Horticulture, Ladakh Autonomous Hill development Council, Kargil. A large number of farmers also participated in the programme.
The programme started with the welcome note from Nazir Hussain, Programme Assistant, KVK, Kargil foll...
Leh, June 29: State Bank of India, Rural Self Employment Training Institute, Leh in collaboration with Horticulture Department, Leh organised a one-day long farmer training cum awareness camp at Chuchot Gongma, Leh.
In his address, Director Horticulture, Ladakh, Mohammad Yousuf Dar said that apricot production is abundant in Ladakh and explained the importance of apricot production. He also informed about several centrally sponsored schemes, such as the Mission for Integrated Development ...
KARGIL, JUNE 28: The first-ever consignment of Lily flowers goes out of Kargil District for sale in the National market, informed the Baseej-e-Zaraat, IKMT Kargil today.
The first consignment taken by a Kashmir-based flower vender contains 500 flower sticks. While it was informed that more than one lac flower of Gladiolus and Lilly have been distributed by the Baseej-e-Zaraat among farmers to grow across Kargil.
In the coming days, flower production being a cash crop is expected to add...
Leh, June 15: The UT Level Sanctioning Committee under the Chairmanship of Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula approved Annual Action Plans for six Centrally Sponsored Schemes of the Agriculture Department viz., Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Rainfed Area Development (RAD), and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) for the Financial Year 2022-2023.
The Annual Action Plan proposes to expand the ...
“Drass”; on hearing this word, things that come to mind are lush green fields with horses among them, natural beauty, green trees, and an abundance of water. But you must be surprised on hearing that two villages of Drass have abandoned their agricultural lands this year because of an acute shortage of irrigation water.
The public in the Lamochan and Sukutiyal villages told to Voice of Ladakh reporter that the streams have dried which were the key source of irrigation and drinking water. ...
VoL Desk, April 20, 2022: Baseej e Zaraat wa Baghbani (BZB), IKMT paid sincere gratitude to Director I&C, UT Ladakh, and General Manager District I&C Kargil for giving the opportunity for the organization to host the Experts from IHBT (CSIR) Palampore HP / PMFME New Delhi and Leh.
It is a privilege for the Farming community of Kargil that Merchants of Flora Produces was also accompanied by the team.
The good news for the progressive farmer is that Flower growing will now fetch fascinat...
By: Anwar Ali Tsarpa & Md. Hassnain Ebadi
With the passage of time farmers in Kargil have shifted from traditional farming techniques to technology which is resulting in declining in both the quantity and quality of the agriculture produces. Adopting new techniques and technology in agricultural processes without proper thought of the consequences is causing agriculture expensive while the return on production is the least. To reflect on the shift, the Voice of Ladakh correspondent interv...
VoL Desk, April 02, 2022: After the damage caused to crops and trees by unattended mules at Bagh-e-Khomeini village, reported by Voice of Ladakh on March 31, 2022, sources from Pushkum village also reported that they had written to the Deputy Commissioner/ CEO, Kargil over similar damages at Kurbathang plateau.
On March 31, women from Bagh-e-Khomeini were found chasing and driving off unattended mules, donkeys, and horses from the village. Enquiring about the matter, the women told the Vo...
