<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a group of 20 farmers hailing from different districts of Jammu Division was today flagged off by Principal Secretary, Navin Kumar Choudhary, for five- day training outside Jammu and Kashmir. Our correspondent reports that organised under the Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) scheme, the tour was flagged from the Directorate of Horticulture Complex in Jammu. <br />''<br />''During the tour, the farmers will be taken to Regional Horticulture Research and Training Station, Jachh (Nurpur), District Kangra, Bee Research Station Nagrota, KVK, Bilaspur and Khan Mashroom and Training Centre, Nangal. <br />''<br />''They will be imparted training on meadow plantation of guava, mushroom production, basics of nursery management, standard propagation techniques, high-density plantation, protected cultivation, canopy management besides new techniques of developing colonies of bee hives and scientific extraction of the honey and its marketing.<br />''<br />''Pertinently, the main aim of the tour outside the UT is to enable the farmers to learn new horticultural developmental techniques, gain knowledge and implement the same in their respective areas.</span><br />