{"id":261003,"date":"2025-03-21T00:09:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=261003"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:39:48","slug":"field-day-on-quinoa-organised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/field-day-on-quinoa-organised\/","title":{"rendered":"Field day on quinoa organised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BASAR, 20 Mar:<\/strong> Twenty-five tribal farmers participated in a field day on quinoa cultivation, organised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), through the All-India Coordinated Research Network on Potential Crops (AICRN-PC)here in Leparada district on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quinoa is a globally acclaimed, climate-resilient, nutrient-rich crop, and is emerging as a game-changer for the farming communities in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">AICRN-PC principal investigator Dr Raghuveer Singh led the session, emphasising quinoa&#8217;s superior protein content, essential amino acids, and economic viability. He demonstrated integrated pest management techniques, equipping the farmers with sustainable, eco-friendly solutions to enhance productivity and crop health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Incorporating quinoa into traditional farming systems can combat malnutrition, boost farm incomes, and fortify food security amid climate uncertainties,&#8221; Dr Singh said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event aligned with the national effort to diversify cropping systems and promote resilient agriculture in the state. With the growing market demand for quinoa, tribal farmers see it as a lucrative and sustainable alternative to conventional crops, the ICAR informed in a release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Engaged discussions, live field demonstrations, and farmer interactions made the field day an enriching experience, igniting enthusiasm among participants to adopt quinoa farming,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BASAR, 20 Mar: Twenty-five tribal farmers participated in a field day on quinoa cultivation, organised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), through the All-India Coordinated Research Network on Potential Crops (AICRN-PC)here in Leparada district on Thursday. Quinoa is a globally acclaimed, climate-resilient, nutrient-rich crop, and is emerging as a game-changer for the farming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-261003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261003","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=261003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}