The Rashtriya Rifles battalion at Kalakote, under the aegis of Headquarters Counter Insurgency Force (Uniform) facilitated the tour of ten farmers hailing from the remote Kalakote Tehsil to Agriculture University, Palampur in Himachal Pradesh with assistance from the Department of Agriculture, Rajouri today, a defence spokesman said here.
The tour is being organised as part of the ongoing perception management activities for farmers, he said.
The farmers will also visit department of horticulture, mushroom farming and green house laboratories in the university, which will allow them insight into farming techniques, the spokesman said.
The tour will broaden their horizon regarding new techniques of farming as well as provide them an opportunity to visit places of interest in Himachal Pradesh like Palampur and Dharmshala, he added.