Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmed Khan, maintained that Jammu and Kashmir has huge potential for floriculture activities with modern farming technologies as game changer for J&K’s economy. The Advisor was speaking at a review meeting of Floriculture, Gardens and Parks Department here to discuss Floriculture Expansion Programme.
The meeting was attended by Commissioner- Secretary, Floriculture Department, Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad; Director Floriculture, Kashmir, Farooq Rather and other concerned officers. Director, Floriculture Jammu and other concerned officers from Jammu Division attended the meeting via video conferencing. Addressing the meeting, Advisor Baseer Khan called for trainings and awareness among the growers to educate them about the revenue potential of floriculture activities in their respective areas adding the department’s main focus should remain on revenue generation model and beautification of areas. He said that people in Jammu and Kashmir have surplus holdings of land which would be subsequently utilized for plantations of roseries, lavender or other ornamental plants and could be helpful in flipping up their income multifold.
