Farmers' field day on pea held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 18 2016 :
Farmers'
field day on field pea was
organised by Krishi Vigyan
Kendra, Imphal West at
Kamong Langoljam Maning
Leikai today.
Samom Nabakumar Meitei,
Member Yarou Bamdiar Zilla
Parisad, Chongtham Inaobi
Devi, Pradhan, Irom Binarani
Devi and Chingakham
Ibochouba Singh, Member
Komong GP, Dr N Prakash,
Joint Director, ICAR Re-
search Complex for NEH
Region, Manipur Centre and
Sanyaola K Raman, Pro-
gramme Coordinator, KVK
imphal West were on the dais.
About 60 farmers attended the
function, informed a statement.
A lecture on "Prospects of
field pea cultivation in
Manipur" was delivered by N
Arunkumar Singh which was
followed by another lecture on
"Management of pest and dis-
ease in field pea cultivation"
by S Gunamani Singh.
The
experience of growing new
field pea variety '
Prakash'
was narrated by
Koijam Kulla
Singh who was one of the
farmers of cluster field pea
demonstration on variety 'Prakash'
at Kamong village.
Samom Nabakumar Meitei,
Member Zilla Parisad and
Chongtham Inaobi Devi,
Pradhan appealed for demon-
stration of other crops other
than pea.
In his presidential
address, Dr N Prakash stated
that ICAR is ever ready to
extend technical support to the
interested farmers.
He asked the farmers to
grow lentil, pea and other veg-
etables for protein
supplement, soil health and in-
come generation, it said.