BASAR, 21 Mar: Farmers from Galu, Gori and Soi villages participated in a three-day training programme on ‘Advancing crop production and seed management in the mid-hill region of Arunachal Pradesh’, organised by the ICAR Arunachal Pradesh Centre here in Leparada district from 19 to 21 March, under the AICRP Seed project.
The aim of the programme was to promote production of quality seeds in the state.
During the programme, ICAR Centre Head Dr L Wangchu briefed the farmers on the importance of the training, while horticulture scientist Dr T Angami spoke on production of quality planting materials for important crops like mandarin and king chilli.
GKMS/IMD Technical Officer Kaushik Bhagawati delivered a lecture on the impact of climate change, monsoon preparedness, and increasing the resilience of farmers, and agroforestry scientist Dr Rajesh A Alone focused on scientific fodder production.
Land and water management engineering scientist Ashwini Suryawanshi highlighted sustainable crop productivity and seed management in mid-hills regions through soil and water conservation.
Plant pathology senior scientist Dr Raghuveer Singh highlighted integrated disease management in major seed crops, and explained oyster mushroom and its spawn production.
Young professionals Dr Rajesh Khan, Mikar Nyodu, and Karge Basar delivered technical briefings on “participatory seed production on field and horticultural crops.”
The farmers were later provided with kharif season seeds, water cans, and local hand weeders.
