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KHONSA, 19 Nov:<\/strong> An awareness-cum-training programme on “the use of plastic in agriculture” was successfully held at the circuit house conference hall, here in Tirap district on Tuesday. The event was organized by Bangalore-based Agriplast Tech India Pvt. Ltd., in collaboration with Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA), the district administration, and the horticulture department.<\/p>\n The training session, led by director (sales and marketing) of Agriplast Tech India Pvt. Ltd. Shubhankar Dutta Gupta included a detailed power-point presentation.<\/p>\n He elaborated on the advantages of mulching for various horticultural crops and its potential to boost production and farmer incomes.<\/p>\n Different types of mulching sheets were demonstrated to familiarize participants with their applications and benefits during the training.<\/p>\n North Eastern zone representative of Agriplast Arun Kumar conducted a practical session at the government spices nursery in Khonsa. Farmers observed the application of mulching sheets on fruit plants during a live demonstration.<\/p>\n The workshop saw active participation from progressive farmers and Self-Help Groups (SHGs) from various villages across Tirap district.<\/p>\n Deputy commissioner Techu Aran, in his address, encouraged progressive farmers to apply the knowledge gained to their agricultural practices.<\/p>\n “Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for rural villagers. This platform offers a unique opportunity to learn from experts who have traveled far to share their valuable technical knowledge,” the DC said.<\/p>\n District horticulture officer (DHO) Projjwal Dev highlighted overview of the objectives of DAJGUA and underscored the importance of adopting plastic in agriculture to enhance productivity and benefit farmers. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KHONSA, 19 Nov: An awareness-cum-training programme on “the use of plastic in agriculture” was successfully held at the circuit house conference hall, here in Tirap district on Tuesday. The event was organized by Bangalore-based Agriplast Tech India Pvt. Ltd., in collaboration with Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA), the district administration, and the horticulture […]<\/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-252473","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\/252473","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=252473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}