BUDHAL WALNUT & HORTI PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE LTD BOARD MEETING HELD

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RAJOURI/BUDHAL DECEMBER 03:–Monthly Boaed meeting of The Budhal Walnut and Horti Producers Co-operative Ltd (FPO) under the chairmanship of Mohd Farooq has been held at Kewal yesterday deliberated on Draft Policy & Operational Guidelines for Collective Farming in District Rajouri particularlyin Budhal Block, and Draft Policy on Procurement of Horti products through establishment of village wise collection Centres.

Draft Policy and Operational Guidelines for Collective Farming in Budhal and envisages pooling of farmers land and resources to derive benefits of large-scale farming and helping small and marginal farmers overcome constraints in mobilising credit, adopting latest technologies and adding value to their produce. Under the initiative, collective farming would be encouraged by Farmers Producer Organisation which will enable small and marginal farmers of FPO consolidate their holdings, without changing the ownership of land and resources to get the benefit of large scale farming.

Draft Policy on Procurement of Walnuts as major product through collection centres in Budhal Block aims at facilitating successful operation of Modern marketing system through further institutional support measures to make its service beneficial to the horti farmers.

The Board meeting, attended by its Diroctors Pervaiz Ahmed Malik, Shamim Ahmed, Layaqat Ali, Koushalya Devi, Liaqet Ali, Mohd Yousaf and its members, discussed various businesses related FPO.