<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary, Navin Kumar Chaudhary said that sky is the limit for horticulture production in the Kashmir valley.<br />''<br />''Mr Chaudhary said this during an Atma Nirbhar Bharat awareness cum interactive session on Agro and related sector schemes. The session was organised by Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology-Kashmir at Shalimar in Srinagar.<br />''<br />''During the session, the Principal Secretary said, Horticulture is the major contributor of GDP in Kashmir and the exploitation of this sector is imperative to increase the quality production besides value addition to products. <br />''<br />''He emphasized the participants to invest on infrastructural development in Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and fisheries by Formalization of Micro Processing Entrepreneur units. He asked them to establish dairy units, milk processing facilities, augment chilling capacities, and establish cattle feed manufacturing plants. <br />''<br />''Stating that Agro business is the future of Kashmir, he asked entrepreneurs to take serious measures to make it competitive and advantageous in national and international markets.  To double the income of farmers, he stressed on farm mechanization, reduction of labour force and value addition to products. He also stressed on branding, packaging and marketing of Kashmir based products to make them compatible in local and outside markets. The Principal Secretary also held a first virtual Saffron buyer-Seller meeting, during which he told participants that  Kashmir Saffron has immense potential due to its unique aromatic and colour quality. He said, spice parks are coming up to process Saffron under one roof which would remove adulteration and upgrade the packaging process. He emphasized on the projection of qualities on package tags.</span>