Motivates farmers to adopt water and labour-saving technologies
The Department of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), recently organised an online training webinar on ’Successful Cultivation of Kharif crops and Water Saving’ in collaboration with the State Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Block Sudhar, Ludhiana. The webinar witnessed 50 farmers, scientists, and agriculture development officers participating.
Speaking on this occasion, Dr Kuldeep Singh, Head, Department of Extension Education, motivated the farmers to adopt water and labour-saving technologies. He also called upon farmers to shift area from paddy to maize as there are many high yielding hybrids of maize were available and PMH 13 was the newest in the list released by PAU.
Dr Jasvir Singh Gill, Assistant Agronomist discussed in detail the paddy cultivation through DSR method. He explained every necessary detail that farmers should keep in mind while practicing the DSR. He explained the various agronomic practices like field preparation, sowing time, seed rate, irrigation and weed control for getting success in DSR technique. He emphasised that farmers should follow the recommended sowing time and varieties in DSR for reaping the maximum benefit.
Dr Jaswinder Singh Brar, Block Agriculture Officer, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, motivated the farmers to adopt various water saving technologies and urged the farmers to adopt the maize cultivation.
