Farmers were told to adopt available machinery for the cultivation of potatoes
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kapurthala under the aegis of the Director of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and as per the direction of the Director, ICAR-ATARI, Ludhiana organised an awareness programme cum workshop on ’Capacity Building Program for FPOs’ and Farmers for Vegetable Based Export Oriented Agri Supply Chain’ in collaboration with APEDA.
Dr GPS Sodhi, Additional Director of Extension Education, PAU, Ludhiana highlighted the significance of conservation of natural resources as well as motivated the farmers for diversified farming. Dr Satbir Singh, Deputy Director (Trg.) KVK Kapurthala welcomed the representatives of different departments, farmers, farm women and online participants. Dr Rakesh Sharda, Principal Scientist, PAU, Ludhiana emphasised adopting drip irrigation in potatoes. Dr Satpal Sharma PAU, Ludhiana delivered an online lecture on the production technology of potatoes.
Dr Jugraj Singh, Senior Scientist, PAU, Ludhiana motivated the farmers to adopt available machinery for the cultivation of potatoes. Dr Ravinder Singh Chandi, PAU, Ludhiana delivered a lecture on different plant protection measures for the potato crop. Dr Lal Bahadur, Deputy Director Horticulture, Kapurthala made aware the farmers regarding different department schemes for vegetable growers. Dr Damandeep Singh, HDO, Jalandhar, highlighted the recent advances in potato cultivation. Dr Amandeep Kaur informed the farmers about newly recommended varieties of vegetables. Dr Amit Salaria motivated the farmers about organic farming. Dr Gobinder Singh while conducting stage stressed the importance of soil testing.
Dr Bindu, Avneet Kaur, Dr Sumna Kumari, Dr Anuradha, Dr Anusha Reddy, Dr Navdeep Singh and S Sawaran Singh Chandi, S Resham Singh Chandi, S Devinder Veer Singh Chahal, President, Potato Farmers Association, Kapurthala were also present. More than 300 farmers attended the programme physically as well as virtually. At the end of the programme, Dr Pardeep Kumar, SM, FASC, Kapurthala proposed a vote of thanks to all the experts of different departments, farmers and farm women.
