Awareness programme held at Hanatham village
Source: The Sangai Express
Chandel, September 23 2019:
District Agricultural Officer, Chandel and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Chandel in association with Alumni Association of Agriculture College, Imphal organised a one day awareness programme on "Quality Seed for Organic Agriculture" at Hanatham Village, here, today.
The programme conducted under the sponsorship of Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA); Department of Horticulture & Soil Conservation and ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Manipur Centre, Imphal was graced by Deputy Commissioner of Chandel, Krishna Kumar; Nodal Officer of Seed Project, ICAR, Manipur Centre, Senior Research Scientist Biotech, Dr O Gunamani and District Agricultural Officer (DAO), Chandel, Gladncy Monsang as chief guest, president and guest of honour respectively.
During the programme, Nodal Officer of Seed Project ICAR, Research Centre for NEH, Manipur Centre, Dr I Meghachandra Singh spoke on the topic "Quality Seed and its Importance" while Assistant Project Officer of MAMO, Dr L Jibit and Dr O Gunamani also spoke on the topics "Present Status of Organic Farming in Manipur" and "Scopes of Medicinal Plants" respectively as resource persons among others.
Later, a spray pumps were also distributed to the farmers apart from organising an interaction programme between the farmers and agricultural scientists.
Over 100 farmers, village chiefs and Pastors also attended the workshop.