JAMMU, MARCH 15: Joint Director Agriculture
(Inputs) K. S. Sambyal today flagged-off a group of 80
progressive farmers from Jammu Division for participation in Krishi Unnati Mela
to be held from March 16 to 18 at
IARI Pusa New Delhi.
At
Krishi Unnati Mela, the main attraction will be Digitization in agriculture,
organic farming, agri-business models, precision farming, skill building and
entrepreneurship development.
Besides live
demonstration and display regarding production technologies of crops,
integrated farming system, protected cultivation, farmers will visit the
experimental fields of IARI, learn about water use technology,
micro-irrigation/sensor-based irrigation system, recycling of waste water for
agriculture, new farm equipments, bio-fertilizers, agro-chemicals, and
machinery and on spot soil and water testing.
Farmers will also interact with
the field experts, scientists and meet their fellow farmers and progressive and
innovative farmers of other states.
Interacting
with the farmers, Sambyal advised the farmers to take full advantage of the
tour and interact with the experts to learn the latest and
innovative techniques in farming for enhancing the crop production.
He said that the main objective of such visits is to acquaint the farmers with
latest techniques, methods and machinery to be used for agricultural activities
for enhancing productivity.
Joint Director Agriculture
(Extension), R.L. Bhagat, Chief Agriculture Officer, N. K. Dubey, District
Agriculture Officer, Samba V.K.
Upadhaya, Programme Officer JDA(Ext) Jammu, S. Y. S. Sasan,
AEO, Agriculture Chemist, Jammu, Neeraj Rajwal, Soil Conservation Assistant,
Jammu, Arun Jaral, Agriculture Engineer, Jammu Bantoo Dhar and AEO Arnia ,
Vikas Koushal are accompanying the
farmers .
C. M. Sharma, Deputy
Director Agriculture(Central), Jammu, Sunil
Koul, Deputy Director Agriculture (Trainings), H. D. Sharma, Agronomist
Vegetables, Vinod Raina, Subject matter Specialist Regional Level, Jammu,
Jagmohan Bhat Assistant Botanist, Jammu, R. S. Jamwal, SDAO Marh besides other officers
of the department were also present on the occasion.