Srinagar,08-Feb;Widening the Department’s drive against the distribution and sale of unregistered/banned Insecticides, Pesticides, Seed, a high level Departmental team lead by Director Agriculture Kashmir (Controller Insecticides) Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today inspected premises of various insecticide/pesticide dealers of district Pulwama.During the visit the team took detailed stock of the availability and distribution of various insecticides/pesticides in the district. Stakeholders were asked to strictly adhere to the different provisions of insecticides act 1968 and ensure set quality parameters with respect to the different products (insecticide /pesticides).Speaking on the occasion, Director Agriculture Kashmir (Controller Insecticides) said that Department is vigorously working and pursuing an endeavor to ensure that only the genuine quality products (Insecticide/pesticides) reaches the customer (the farmer). The quality of the agriculture inputs (insecticides/pesticides) plays a key role in the successful agriculture enterprise,he added.(CNS)
