{"id":183297,"date":"2022-02-04T00:24:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=183297"},"modified":"2022-02-04T00:24:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:54:15","slug":"training-prog-on-advanced-horti-technology-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/02\/04\/training-prog-on-advanced-horti-technology-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Training prog on advanced horti technology underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>[Prafulla Kaman]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, 3 Feb:<\/strong> Twenty-five farmers from Riga circle in Siang district are participating in a three-day training programme on &#8216;Advances in production technology of important fruit crops in NE India&#8217;, which got underway here in East Siang district on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme is being conducted by the College of Horticulture &amp; Forestry (CHF) here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the inaugural function, CHF Dean Prof BN Hazarika advised the farmers to undergo training in cultivation, management and harvesting practices to boost production.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The college&#8217;s Fruit Science Department Head, Dr L Wangchu conducted a session on advanced production technology and management of litchi, Khasi mandarin and other citrus fruits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A lecture on &#8216;Limes and lemon production technology&#8217; was delivered by Drs Barun Singh and PK Nimbolkar. They presented demonstrations on budding and other vegetative propagation methods in citrus fruits and other important crops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organizer Tabi Mize informed that the farmers of remote Riga village are taking up massive horticulture activities under the supervision of the CHF and agriculture scientists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The farmers of Riga, including Sitang, Riga and Pangkang villages, are undergoing large-scale cultivation of small millets, apple and kiwi on the hill slopes and fertile plain lands on high-altitude terrain,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Prafulla Kaman] PASIGHAT, 3 Feb: Twenty-five farmers from Riga circle in Siang district are participating in a three-day training programme on &#8216;Advances in production technology of important fruit crops in NE India&#8217;, which got underway here in East Siang district on Thursday. The programme is being conducted by the College of Horticulture &amp; Forestry (CHF) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-183297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}