Farmers-scientists interact during Agri Fair
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 21 2011:
Farmers from various parts of the state interacted with around 20 scientists from Central Agricultural University (CAU), Imphal, ICAR and IBSD during the three days CAU Agri-Fair, 2011 which was held from April 18 to 20 .
Programme Coordinator, KVK, CAU Dr T Medhabati who is also the member secretary of Farmers-Scientists Interaction of the fair and Director of Research, CAU Dr M Rohinikumar who is also the chairman of the interaction programme of the fair were the moderators of the three days interaction sessions.
During the sessions around 1300 farmers representing various NGOs from different parts of the state placed a total of 174 queries to the scientists for a direct discussion mainly focused on problem of diseases on Horticultural crops, vegetables, Floriculture, Animal, Fishes and other agriculture related queries.