KHYBER: On behalf of the Khyber Agriculture Department in collaboration with Tirah Mushroom Agriculture Development Organization (TMADO), an agricultural awareness session was organized in Karigur Gari, tehsil Bara on the last day.
Dr. Bakhtiar Khan Special Secretary Agriculture Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the chief guest of the event.
Besides, other officials including director general of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Jan Muhammad Khan, director general agriculture of merged districts Murad Ali Khan, Shad Muhammad Chief of Economic Recovery Development Authority (ERDA) of USAID, Zia Islam Dawar District Director of Agriculture, Aqeel Shah Deputy Director of Agriculture in merged Areas and others were present on the occasion.
A large number of local farmers associated with the agriculture sector were present in the awareness seminar.
Addressing on the occasion, Special Secretary of Agriculture Extension Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr. Bakhtiar Khan said that the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and especially newly merged districts were taking practical steps for the development of agriculture and providing better facilities to the farmers.
“The cultivation of seeds, vegetables, fruit and fast food are noteworthy, while practical steps have been taken to provide modern machinery to the farmers,” he said, adding that the agriculture department along with other welfare organizations is also organizing various training sessions for the farmers.
The tribal districts were fertile in terms of agriculture and would provide them with basic facilities so that the farmers here were prosperous, he vowed.
The secretary maintained that the Department of Agriculture had succeeded in the cultivation of olive orchards in tribal districts and especially in Khyber, grafted fruit orchards in wild olives, mushrooms, tomatoes, while the cultivation of more fast foods had also been successful.
Meanwhile, the local and Tirah farmers and organizers had set up various stalls, including locally produced sunflower oil, honey, country ghee, jaggery, stalls of olives, walnuts, and various locally produced vegetables that attracted the participants’.
