Farmers' interface meeting held
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 31 2023:
A day-long research extension farmers' interface meeting on the topic "Scientific Cultivation of Rapeseed Mustard in Rice Fallow in Manipur" was organised by All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Rapeseed-Mustard, COA, CAU Imphal at the conference hall of College of Agriculture, CAU, on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by ICAR-DRMR, Bharatpur, Rajasthan principal scientist (Plant Breeding) Dr Bhagirath Ram, COA Imphal AICRP in-charge Prof L Nabachandra Singh and CAU department of Extension Education professor M Kunjaraj Singh as presidium members.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Nabachandra explained that the meeting is aimed at encouraging the farmers take up cultivation of rapeseed for increasing production, understanding problems they might face in cultivating rapeseed and extending help to them in area expansion of rapeseed cultivation programme being taken up under the All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP).
Farmers from Maklang and Ngairangbam area under Imphal West district took part in the meeting.