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Cradled in the lap of mountains at the foothills of auspicious Trikuta, besides the river Tawi at an altitude of 1030 ft. is Jammu. This 'city of temples' has many places...
On 30th November,2023, as an outreach activity under lab to land initiative department of Zoology, University of Jammu organized one day awareness programme on Honey Bee farming in collaboration with Khadi and Village industries commission, Govt. of India at village Gowar, panchyat Sarwal, Tehsil Pargwal, Jammu. The objective was to spread awareness among farmers of border area about scope and benefits of bee farming.
The programme was executed by coordination between Yashpal Singh, Deputy Director ,KVIC, Govt. of India, H.S.Ghurdaura, executive bee keeper, Dr. Ripudaman Parihar, Assistant Professor, Zoology, University of Jammu along Sh. Bopinder Singh, Sarpanch, Parduman Singh, panch Sarwal panchayat .More than 60 farmers including females were given the knowledge and they enthusiastically accepted the option of honey bee farming for self employment.
They were also informed about various subsidy schemes of government to take up this as a start up.