ICAR RCER, Patna organized Rice Field Day Program for the farmers in Pandey Bigha village of Meskaur and Janhaul village of Sirdala in Nawada district of Bihar on 29th October, 2024. The program was conducted under the DST-SEED funded project entitled “Sustainable Improvement in Livelihood of Scheduled Caste Community in Meskaur and Sirdala Blocks of Nawada Districts, Bihar”. In this programs, a total of 60 farmers participated. An interaction of farmers and farm women with a team of scientist was conducted in which they answered the queries related to kharif crops cultivation. Feedback from farmers was taken on performance of varieties under FLDs. Appearance of false smut at few locations was observed for which Dr Santosh Kumar, Sr. Scientist and rice breeder gave recommended solutions.
He discussed in detail about rice varieties like Swarna Shreya, Swarna Purvi Dhan 2, Swarna Samriddhi, and Swarna Unnat. He told the farmers about the importance of these varieties in the climate stress conditions. Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Senior Scientist, Agronomy, discussed the methods of cultivation with suitable field management practices for rice cultivation. Further, he also discussed with the farmers about pigeon peas, ground nuts, mustard and wheat, their suitable varieties as well as agronomic management. Dr. Dhiraj Kumar Singh, Senior Scientist, ICAR-RCER, Patna briefed about the importance of modern technologies in agriculture and discussed the role of agricultural technologies for farmers’ livelihood improvement.
Read more: https://icarrcer.icar.gov.in/storage/Field-Day-Program-Nawada-news-DST.pdf
