Farmers honoured with certificates for their excellent work in onion cultivation

ICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Pune held a ‘Kisan Sangoshthi’ on commercial cultivation of onion in collaboration with the GKRDF, Varanasi and Agrimitra FPC, Mirzapur in the premises of ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi. Dr G Kalloo, Ex-DDG (Hort) ICAR and Ex-VC, JNKVV, Jabalpur, in his presidential address, stated that there is an immense scope for onion cultivation in Mirzapur. 

He put emphasis on higher yield from onion cultivation and doubling the farmer’s income by integrating it with the cultivation of other vegetables.

On this auspicious occasion a ‘Technical Folder’ as well as a Documentary Film on “Extending commercial cultivation of onion in eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh: A Success Story” was released in the presence of dignitaries.

About 400 farmers including 260 women farmers from different parts of Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Chandauli, Kushinagar and Ballia districts of Uttar Pradesh and Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh participated in the programme. Select farmers were honoured with certificates for their excellent work in onion cultivation.