Dr. According to the guidelines of Gurdeep Singh Deputy Director (Training), Krishi Vigyan Kendra Mansa organized a village level camp on straw conservation at village Bhai Desa of district Mansa. At the beginning of the camp, Eng. Alok Gupta, Assistant Professor (Soil & Water Engg.) made the farmers aware about the machinery used for stubble management. He explained in detail about the surface seeder, smart seeder developed by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana while advising the farmers to plow paddy stubble in the field. Dr. Ashok Kumar, Assistant Professor (Soil Science) shared ideas about using chemical fertilizers in rabi crops by conducting soil and water testing to the farmers. Dr. shared information about the injection of fertilizer to the planter of wheat seeds. Addressing this camp. BS Sekhon, Assistant Professor (Vegetable Science) during the camp emphasized on the use of paddy straw as mulch in vegetable and fruit gardens and university recommendations on using straw as mulch in various crops. enlightened More than 50 farmer heroes participated in this village level camp and the questions of the farmers were answered satisfactorily by the experts. Mustard and agricultural literature were also provided to the farmers during the camp.
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