Farmers' training tour
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 09 2013 :
The 15-day National integration tour of farmers from Thoubal to Ludhiana and Amritsar, which was flagged off on March 1 from Thoubal reached Ludhiana on March 5 .
A training course on cultivation of rice and new agricultural technologies commenced at Kairon Kisan Ghar, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana.
Dr TS Rias of PAU is the course co-coordinator.
The lectures will be concentrating on Recommended Production Technology, Cultivation of Direct Seed Rice, Technology for Mechanical Transplantation of Rice, Important Pests of Rice and Their Control Measures, Management of Important Diseases of Rice and finally a visit to Plant Breeding Museum and Agricultural Farms in the next few days, said an AR press release.