Dr. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Mansa. According to the guidelines of Gurdeep Singh, Deputy Director (Training), a village level awareness camp was organized at village Samaon regarding the proper management of paddy straw. The environment is polluted by setting fire to its core. Which in turn has a very negative effect on the health of children and the elderly.
During his speech, he urged the farmers to take maximum advantage of the facilities available at Krishi Vigyan Kendra. During this camp, he also encouraged the youth to take up agricultural support businesses.
Mr. Alok Gupta, while sharing information about stubble management, shared information about PAU Smart Seeder, Surface Seeder, Happy Seeder and other machinery and shared the benefits of handling stubble in the field. Along with this, he told that by Krishi Vigyan Kendra Farmers are provided machinery for straw management at a very low cost. Dr. Ajay Singh, Assistant Professor (Animal Science) explained the use of paddy straw as animal feed and bedding material in dairy.
Dr. Tejpal Singh, Assistant Professor (Vegetable Science) explained the importance of vegetables in relation to food security during the camp and motivated the farmers to plant vegetable home gardens.
At the end of the program, Dr. Ranveer Singh, Assistant Professor (Plant Protection) encouraged farmers to use pesticides as per University standards for rabi crops. Along with this, he gave information about the modification of wheat seed with biological inoculation and made aware about the importance of biological inoculation to the health of the soil and increasing the yield of the crop. He said that farmers can get this vaccine from Krishi Vigyan Kendra while taking wheat seeds. More than 55 farmer heroes participated in this village level camp and the questions of the farmers were answered satisfactorily by the experts. On this occasion, agricultural literature was also made available for the convenience of farmers.
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