{"id":84613,"date":"2019-11-12T01:38:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T20:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=84613"},"modified":"2019-11-12T01:38:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T20:08:34","slug":"jhum-cultivation-degrading-forest-ecosystem-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/11\/12\/jhum-cultivation-degrading-forest-ecosystem-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Jhum cultivation degrading forest ecosystem: Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Correspondent <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>PASIGHAT, Nov 11:<\/strong> &#8220;Jhum cultivation practices adopted by rural farmers in the state are causing degradation of forest ecosystem,&#8221; said Speaker PD Sona while attending the three-day Regional Agri Fare, 2019-20, at the College of Horticulture &amp; Forestry here in East Siang district on Monday.<br \/>\nSpeaking during the programme, which was organised by Imphal (Manipur)-based Central Agriculture University (CAU), Sona advised rural farmers to adopt organic cultivation of fruits, vegetables and spices.<br \/>\nThe theme of the event is &#8216;Ecosystem approach of sustainable agriculture&#8217;. It aims<br \/>\nto bring awareness among the growers about the latest knowledge in the agriculture and allied sectors, and to demonstrate innovative and feasible technologies for the growers&#8217; benefit.<br \/>\nThe programme also includes shows and competitions on field crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc.<br \/>\nAmong others, CAU Vice-Chancellor Dr M Premjit Singh and MoAFW Extension Director (Farm &amp; Information), Dr SK Mishra, attended the inaugural ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correspondent PASIGHAT, Nov 11: &#8220;Jhum cultivation practices adopted by rural farmers in the state are causing degradation of forest ecosystem,&#8221; said Speaker PD Sona while attending the three-day Regional Agri Fare, 2019-20, at the College of Horticulture &amp; Forestry here in East Siang district on Monday. Speaking during the programme, which was organised by Imphal [&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-84613","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\/84613","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=84613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}