Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) and Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Rajesh Lakhoni inspected various agriculture development works in the district on Sunday and exhorted officials to promote agriculture development works on cluster basis.
After inspecting the State Seed Farm at Karaiyiruppu in Palayamkottai block, the APC reviewed the progress of National Horticulture Mission works such as High Density Planting of mango under drip irrigation at Andipatti in Keezhappavoor block and cocoa cultivation as intercrop in coconut grove, all being undertaken by the Horticulture Development.
C. Chandrasekaran, Joint Director of Agriculture, L. Perumal, Deputy Director of Agriculture, and ‘sister department’ officials S. Raja Mohamed, Deputy Director of Horticulture, S. Muthukumarasamy, Executive Engineer, Agriculture Engineering Department and R. Sankar, Deputy Director of Agriculture (Agri business and Marketing), accompanied the APC.
