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BASAR, 22 Mar:<\/strong> The ICAR’s research complex here in Leparada district organised a training programme on ‘Cultivation and production practices of buckwheat and quinoa crop in the mid-hills of Arunachal Pradesh’ from 20-22 March.<\/p>\n The aim of the programme, sponsored by the All India Coordinated Research Project, was to promote the cultivation of these potential crops in the tribal areas in the mid-hills of Arunachal.<\/p>\n Fifty farmers from Tirbin and Dari, members of SHGs from Nyigam, as well as farmers from Aalo (W\/Siang) participated in the programme, during which ICAR Research Complex Head Dr Raghuveer Singh provided comprehensive insights into “the principles and benefits of potential crops in the mid-hills of Arunachal Pradesh.”<\/p>\n Soil science specialist Dr Ampee Tasung, fruit science specialist Dr Thejangulie Angami, VEE scientist Dr Doni Jini, plant pathology scientist Dr Raghuveer Singh, agroforestry scientist Dr RA Alone, and land & water management scientist Ashwini Suryawanshi delivered technical briefings on various topics, including cultivation and promotion of buckwheat and quinoa, and the importance of potential crops in agriculture and allied areas.<\/p>\n The farmers were taken on a field visit to the ICAR research farm in Gori for hands-on demonstration on nursery bed preparation; cattle feed preparation; contour farming, mushroom bag preparation, and vermicompost preparation, in order to enhance their understanding of natural farming practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BASAR, 22 Mar: The ICAR’s research complex here in Leparada district organised a training programme on ‘Cultivation and production practices of buckwheat and quinoa crop in the mid-hills of Arunachal Pradesh’ from 20-22 March. The aim of the programme, sponsored by the All India Coordinated Research Project, was to promote the cultivation of these potential […]<\/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-237576","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\/237576","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=237576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}