More than 100 farmers and rural youths virtually attended the training program
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Narayangaon, Pune – II, Maharashtra recently organised a three-day Virtual Training Programme on ‘Scientific Beekeeping for the Farmers’ from April 27-29, 2021. The programme was organised in association with the National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM)- Mini Mission – I.
Dr Lakhan Singh, Director, ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra urged the farmers for making beekeeping an integral part of farming to attain higher profits on a regular basis. He also encouraged the rural youths to come forward and become beekeeping entrepreneurs.
Dr Dattatray B Gawade, SMS, Plant Protection, KVK, Narayangaon, Pune – II, Maharashtra briefed about the training course and the role of the National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) for the overall promotion and development of scientific Beekeeping in a mission mode to achieve the goal of sweet revolution in the country by giving attention on capacity building.
The program was aimed at orienting and empowering the farmers about scientific Beekeeping. More than 100 farmers and rural youths virtually attended the training programme.
