SRINAGAR, July 3 -- A two-week supervision mission of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the Jammu & Kashmir Competitiveness Improvement in Agriculture and Allied Sectors Project (JKCIP) commenced in Srinagar on Thursday to review the implementation of the project across the Union Territory.

The mission, scheduled from July 2 to July 14, was inaugurated at the Mission Directorate of HADP/JKCIP in Rajbagh under the overall guidance of Mission Director Dr. Sagar D. Doifode.

The IFAD team is led by Shreekantha Shetty and includes experts in agriculture, horticulture, agribusiness, environmental safeguards, youth development and monitoring, while IFAD Country Director Marc de Sousa Shields is expected to join durin...