Director urges farmers to adopt modern techniques for better yield
Fruit growers showcase 540 different fruit varieties
Kargil, October 09, 2022: Horticulture Department Kargil today organized the annual exhibition 2022-2023 under the chairmanship of Director Horticulture, UT Ladakh, Muhammad Yousuf Dar, at Shilikchey village where fruit growers showcased 540 different fruit varieties in stalls.
On the occasion, the director said that cultivating practices in horticulture should be ...
KARGIL, MAY 17, 2022: Following the incidence of yellow tail moth disease on apricot trees in some hamlets of Shelikchay Kargil, the Horticulture Department under the supervision of Chief Horticulture Officer Kargil on Monday sprayed infested orchard trees with organic pesticide of ‘Neem Oil’ to control the pest from further spread in the vicinity.
The officials of the Horticulture Department undertook the program of spraying of the infested orchard trees with organic pesticide to control...
Leh, March 4: Secretary, Agriculture, and Horticulture, UT Ladakh, Ravinder Kumar chaired a meeting to assess the current situation of yellow/browntail moth infestation and management of these defoliator insects.
During the meeting, the Secretary directed the officials to evaluate and identify the damage percentage of the defoliating pests in Tyakshi village. He also added developing suitable management strategies by using non-chemical and organic pesticides to be done at the earliest bes...
Leh, April 08: Executive Councillor for, Animal/Sheep Husbandry, Tashi Namgyal Yakzee in the presence of Executive Councillor for Horticulture, Ghulam Mehdi Ashoor convened a meeting today to discuss plans for the mass plantation drive organised by the ‘Go Green Go Organic’ Committee of Chushul village to be held on the World Environment Day on 5th June 2022.
The members informed that the collaboration on the Go Green project since 2014 with the Hill Council, Leh resulted in eleven phases...
KARGIL, APRIL 04, 2022: Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC Kargil, Feroz Ahmad Khan today launched the codling moth management program at Karkitchoo village.
Executive Councillor for Horticulture, Aga Syed Hassan Arman, Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC Kargil, Santosh Sukhadeve, Councillor town, Haji Muhammad Abass, Chief Horticulture Officer, Ali Raza, Chief Agriculture Officer, Kacho Muhammad Ali Khan, doctors, BDC Chairperson, PRI members and senior citizens of the ...
KARGIL, MARCH 28, 2022: Executive Councilor for Horticulture and Social Welfare, Aga Syed Hassan Arman today inaugurated plantation drive 2022-23 at MOCN Horticulture Farm Kurbathang.
The drive started with the plantation of a pear sapling by the EC at the premises of Horticulture Farm Kurbathang. Progressive farmers received various varieties of fruit saplings under different schemes of the horticulture department.
Meanwhile, the EC distributed different fruit plants like high-density Apple, ...
Leh, January 27: An important meeting was chaired by Secretary Agriculture/Horticulture, UT Ladakh, Ravinder Kumar on January 24, 2022 at the Civil Secretariat, regarding the launch of the Codling Moth Control Programme and area expansion for the horticulture sector in UT Ladakh.
The meeting commenced with the Secretary, Horticulture reviewing previous works and feedback from the Research institutes and Department regarding work done in controlling the menace of codling moth in Ladakh.
...KARGIL, SEPTEMBER 25, 2021: Minister of Agriculture Government of Sikkim Lok Nath Sharma visited Fruits Growers’ Cooperative Marketing and Processing Society Kargil at Bethang Shilikchay here on Friday and interacted with the local farmers.
The Minister inspected the apricot dryer machine processing unit and also interacted with the local farmers.
The concerned officers apprised the Minister about the various products including apricot jam, tomato puree, apricot oil, apple products an...
کرگل 1 جون 2021 /نیوز ڈیسک/ کرگل قصبہ سے کچھ ہی فاصلے پر موجود گاﺅں لنکور کے باشندوں کو ان دنوں پانی کی قلت کا سامناہے۔ گاﺅں کے باسیوں کے مطابق مارچ میں ہل جوتنے کے بعد پہلی بار 28مئی کو نہر میں پانی دیکھا ہے ۔لیکن اس دوران اکثر فصلیں پانی نہ ملنے سے مرجا گئی ہے۔
لنکور اور ملحقہ علاقوں میں پانی کی قلت سے پیدا شدہ صورت حال کو قریب سے جاننے کے لئے وائس آف لداخ کے ٹیم لنکور پہنچے جہاں گاﺅں کے وارڈ ممبر کے علاوہ مختلف دیگر لوگوں سے ملاقات کرکے حالات کا مشاہدہ کیا۔ اس دوران گاوں والوں نے ہمارے...
Leh, May 31: Secretary, Agriculture/Horticulture Department, UT Ladakh, Ravinder Kumar, today convened a preliminary meeting regarding the scope of bee-keeping and honey production under the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) in UT Ladakh.
Secretary Ravinder inquired about the previous work/research on honey production in Ladakh. Associate Director, SKUAST, Dr Namgyal, informed Secretary Ravinder that an initial trial was conducted that needs further research work before dissemi...
