Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Abdul Aziz Zargar and Minister for Forests Qazi Mohammad Afzal today flagged off a team of 40 progressive farmers including women for tour to outside state. The team would visit Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttarakhand to get acquainted with the latest agriculture technology. Interacting with the farmers, the agriculture minister said that the state government has accorded over riding priority to agriculture sector so that self sufficiency in food production is achieved. This, he said, would strengthen and stabilize socio-economic profile of farmers of the state. He hoped this team during interaction with agriculture experts during they would be educated about the latest technical know-how which could be used in field after their return for enhancing productivity. On the occasion, Director Agriculture Kashmir Manzoor Ahmad Shah said that satisfactory results have come out of the tour of progressive farmers to outside states last year. He said this tour would provide chance to these farmers to get benefited by the agriculture methodology in these states.