KVK Samba organises workshop on Bamboo Cultivation

Samba, May 20: Krishi Vigyan Samba organized one day workshop on “Bamboo Cultivation and its utilization” at its campus here today. The programme was attended by officers of the Department of Agriculture from different Panchayats of District Samba.

Prof Sanjay Khajuria, Chief Scientist and Head KVK Samba coordinated the program held under the leadership of Professor Prof. B.N. Tripathi, Vice Chancellor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu and under the guidance of Dr. Amrish Vaid, Director Extension.

The main objective of organizing this workshop was to promote Bamboo Cultivation in the Kandi belt of Samba for the livelihood security of the farmers. During the workshop, Dr. Khajuria explained in detail the importance of Bamboo, its cultivation, utilization as well as promotion in Samba District. He suggested to adopt Bamboo based agro forestry for sustainable development of waste lands.