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Agriculture
Extension, Livestock, On-farm Water Management, Soil Conservation,
Soil Fertility, Fisheries and Forests.
1.
Agriculture Extension
To disseminate recommended technologies to farmers through various
extension techniques for per-acre increase in yield.
To work as a bridge between farmers, researchers and government
agencies for solution of problems as a part in policymaking process.
To monitor supplies of farm inputs especially, fertilizer,
irrigation, certified seed and pesticides.
To establish complementary relationship with all the institutions
and organizations contributing to the development of farming
community.
To enforce quality control mechanism for fertilizers and pesticides.
2. Livestock
To facilitate veterinary cover to the livestock population.
To safeguard the livestock population from infectious and contagious
diseases of epidemic nature through mass immunization.
To provide extension/advisory services to the interested livestock
and poultry farmers/breeders for the enhancement of productive and
reproductive efficiency of livestock and poultry.
To provide the artificial insemination services in non-descriptive
local cows and buffaloes for the improvement of their genetic
makeup/potential.
To provide treatment/health cover during the genital/venereal
ailments in animals.
To develop rural poultry and promote commercial poultry farming.
3. On-farm Water Management
Organization and registration of water users associations under the
Water Users Association Ordinance 1981 for promotion of
watercourse improvement and other water management activities in the
district.
Preparation of district water management development plans.
Implementation of watercourses improvement, precision land leveling,
irrigation, agronomic practices, groundwater management and
harvesting of water resources in barani/rainfed area.
Renting out agricultural machinery at approved rates.
Service matters relating to the district cadre.
Maintenance of government buildings.
Purchase of stores and capital goods.
Feedback to provincial Agriculture Department on all the above as
per instructions.
4. Fisheries
Provision of extension services in the private sector.
Supervision of fish seed production and its distribution. |