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| SKUAST Jammu organized one day training cum awareness programme | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 11: Krishi Vigyan Kendra , Samba in collaboration with Division of Fruit science, SKUAST-Jammu under the leadership of Professor B.N. Tripathi, Vice Chancellor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu and the guidance of Director Research SKUAST Jammu organized one day training cum awareness programme on " Importance and scope of Dragon fruit cultivation in Rainfed areas of J & K" . Programme was coordinated by Head, KVK, Samaba Dr. Sanjay Khajuria and Dr. Arti Sharma, Professor Fruit Science and PI HADP-RAD- DRAGON FRUIT under HADP project number-15 on Rainfed Area Development at KVK Samba. Programme was attended by fifty farmers from different Panchayats of District Samba.
The main objective of organizing this workshop was to promote Dragon fruit Cultivation in the Kandi belt of Samba for the livelihood security of the farmers. During the workshop, Dr. Sanjay Khajuria and Dr. Arti Sharma explained in detail about the importance of Dragon fruit, its cultivation as well as its scope in district Samba. Dr. Neeraj Gupta , Professor Post Harvest Management, demonstrated the preparation of value added products from dragonfruit.
Experts suggested adopting Dragon fruit for sustainable development of rainfed lands. Propgramme was started by welcome address by Dr, Sanjay Khajuria followed by an expert lecture on Importance of dragonfruit in kandi area through various agroforestry interventions. Dr. Arti Sharma gave detailed information about technology for dragonfruit cultivation from procurement of planting material to construction of training structures and harvesting and marketing. Dr. Neeraj Gupta gave detailed information on nutritional value of dragonfruit and its value addition.
A field visit was organized at demonstration block of Dragon fruit established at KVK, Samba under HADP project no.-15 for the enhancements of knowledge about dragon fruit cultivation and its training system to the participants .
The training programme was also attended by Dr.A. K. Sinha, Dr. Sourab Gupta, Dr. Amit Mahajan, Bharat Bhushan, Sumit Bura and Rishav Sharma. |
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