Various schemes and subsidiaries of the department of soil conservation related to drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation were discussed
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Ludhiana under the aegis of the Directorate of Extension Education, PAU & ICAR ATARI Zone-1 recently organised a seminar on water conservation through adoption of various resource conservation technologies on May 24, 2022.
The programme was organised under the guidance of Dr Ashok Kumar, Director of Extension Education, PAU, Ludhiana to sensitise farmers for saving water. “Little effort goes a long way and we as a progressive community must learn from other communities in world already facing severe water scarcity,” he added.
Dr GS Makkar, Deputy Director (Trg), KVK Ludhiana apprised that about 40 farmers, officers from Department of Soil Conservation and representatives of Jain Irrigation participated in the seminar for deliberations on micro irrigation technology and direct seeded rice. Dr Makkar added that KVK Samrala is organising a series of programmes on water conservation to give a clear and loud message to all stakeholder on saving water. He informed that KVK has drip irrigation system installed on 3.5 acres and recently sprinkler irrigation system is installed on two acres.
Er Lovepreet Singh, SCO, Samrala discussed various schemes and subsidiaries of the department of soil conservation related to drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation. He stressed on active adoption of drip irrigation technology to save the vital natural resource.
Rajat Chowdary and Jagdish Kumar from Jain irrigation system discussed the concept, design and installation of micro irrigation system i.e. drip irrigation and micro sprinkler system at farmer’s field.
Dr Harshneet Singh, Assistant Professor (Soil Sci.) emphasised the need of soil testing before going for DSR in their field. He also discussed the detailed agronomic practices for DSR with special emphasis on the management of weeds and iron deficiency.
Er Karun Sharma, Assistant Professor, FM&PE discussed the scope of modification of zero till drill/ happy seeder for direct seeding of rice where the farmers don’t have access to the lucky seed drill.
Field demonstration on working of sprinkler irrigation, maintenance of its assembly, distribution of literature on micro irrigation system, direct seeded rice and soil testing were the main attractions of the programme.
Dr Devinder Tiwari, Assistant Professor (Ext. Edu.) motivated farmers to come up for this noble cause and proposed a vote of thank to activate participation of all participants.
