Jammu: The Agriculture Production department in second leg of the mammoth task of human resource development of officers of Agriculture and allied departments across the Union Territory, concluded its Divisional level training programme under the newly launched Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP).
The HADP aims to be a turning point in the Agri-economy of the UT whereby Rs 5013 crore shall be infused over next the 5 years through 29 interventions/projects, which were proposed by Apex committee constituted by the UT Government, headed by Mangla Rai, Former DG-ICAR.
As per the estimates of the committee the Agricultural GDP in the UT is all set to increase from 37559 crore to 65701 crore by next 5 years.
Besides, the 29 interventions are set to create around 19000 new enterprises in agriculture sector besides an additional 2.8 lakh job.
For grounding of these 29 interventions, an equally matching Holistic Human Resource Development Programme was conceptualised.