World Soil Day observed
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, December 05 2019:
Krishi Vigyan Kendra KVK Thoubal observed "World Soil Day cum Rabi Campaign" under the theme "Stop Soil Erosion, Save Our Future" at its complex today with a farmers' mela.
Khangabok Kendra MLA O Surjakumar, Khangabok Zilla Parishad Member Kh Rajmohon and KVK Thoubal Head Dr Zeshmarani Sarangthem attended the event as dignitaries.
The dignitaries and officials inspected the various produces of farmers' put on display at the mela and various projects being taken up by the KVK Thoubal.
671 farmers were given soil health cards and another 150 selected beneficiaries were provided Rabi crops seeds under the NARI, Seed Production Programme and Organic Farming Programme The dignitaries also released a leaflet of the KVK Thoubal.