AMN/ WEB DESK
In a significant development, “KISAN SAMPARK ABHIYAN” in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has reached out to more than two lakh farmers, with just seven rounds completed so far.
The programme, which still has 12 more rounds to go till the 31st of August 2023, has sprung a surprising number of farmers who are converging at the venues to listen and watch what is going to be the most pragmatic programme ever envisaged in agriculture and allied sectors not only in the Union Territory but in the whole of the country.
A turning point in the history of the Agriculture sector is being witnessed in the Union Territory of J&K through two major initiatives, DAKSH KISAN, and KISAN SATHI. DAKSH KISAN is a first-of-its-kind online hybrid skilling programme designed exclusively for the farming community. Over 27000 farmers have been registered under DAKSH KISAN PORTAL till now and around 8000 farmers have been enrolled in the skilling course of their choice. To add to this, around 2000 farmers have already progressed to an advanced level of completion of the online skilling course.
DAKSH KISAN is a Learning Management System (LMS) for the skill development of the farmers. A first of its kind in the country, DAKSH KISAN, has been developed by the Agriculture Production Department, where 121 skilling courses as per the agro-climatic zones of the J&K UT are available for free to the farmers. A simple scan of the QR code at the back of the pamphlet provided to farmers during Kisan Sampark Abhiyan takes the farmer to the DAKSH KISAN Portal where he can register for free and undertake any skilling course of his/her liking.
The video lectures under the LMS are available in Kashmiri, Urdu, Dogri, and Hindi and textual material is available in Hindi Urdu, and English. Farmers have also shown great enthusiasm in KISAN SATHI. A total of 5735 farmers have registered themselves under the KISAN SATHI PORTAL and more than 3000 online applications have been received till date from farmers under various schemes.
All this has been made possible due to the massive outreach of the Kisan Sampark Abhiyan which was launched on the 24th of April 2023. A total of 1873 panchayats across all districts of the Union Territory have been covered till date under the Abhiyan.