Pre-kharif awareness in Senapati
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Kangpokpi, July 15 2015 :
A One Day Farmers' Pre-Kharif Awareness Programme was held at KrishiVigyan Kendra (KVK) Hengbung, Senapation Tuesday.The programme was organized by KVK under the aegis of Zonal Project Directorate (Zone-III) Barapani, Meghalaya where more than 100 farmers including farm women of the district participated in the programme.
Dr.N Jyotsana, Programme Coordinator, KVK-Senapati at the inaugural session briefed on the theme of the programme and also spoke on the importance of participatory seed production as a measure to overcome the dearth of quality seed at doorstep.
I Premjoy DDM/APM, NABARD Senapati District, who attended the programme as Special Guest, enlightened the participants with some of the NABARD sponsored schemes for farmers and advised the participants to develop the habit of saving on regular basis.
The programme was marked by events like agri-displays and exhibits focusing on contingent measures against adverse climatic condition, agri-film show, farmer-staff interaction, group discussion and finally visited to different demonstration plots of KVK by the participants.