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| Farmers’ field day held | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, OCTOBER 26 – Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J) organised ‘Farmers’ Field Day’ at Chatha today.
More than 500 farmers from all the districts of the Jammu region attended the field day. The field day was inaugurated by Dr. B. Mishra, Vice Chancellor of SKUAST-J
An interactive session was organized in which farmers highlighted the constraints faced by them in farming. The farmers also highlighted the damage caused to rice crops due to hailstorm on October 22. The farmers appreciated the role of the University and its KVKs in developing and disseminating the technologies namely development of crop varieties, round the year mushroom cultivation and other technologies.. Farmers’ field day was organised to motivate the farmers of the Jammu to adopt the scientific technologies developed by the University.
It aimed at to convince farmers about the applicability of these technologies in the farmers’ fields by showing the performance of scientific agriculture at the University research farm. In the research farm, the farmers had first hand experience of the research trials of high yielding rice varieties, hybrid maize varieties, the farm implements, seed processing plant and green house (protected crop) technologies. An Agri-exhibition was also organized at the University museum, where the farmer-compatible technologies developed by the University, were displayed. Farmers attending the field day interacted with the scientists at the Agri-exhibition stalls and at the research farm.
In the inaugural interactive session with the farmers, the officers of the University, Director of Extension Education, Director Research, Dean FoA, Heads of the divisions, faculty members and Programme Coordinators of the KVKs were present. Rajesh Kumar Bittu, Chairman, Cooperatives and a progressive farmer appreciated the work of the KVKs in popularizing flower growing. He stressed on the need to allow the farmers to decide the rate of their produce especially milk and milk products and medicinal plants.
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