Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 9: SKUAST-Jammu Vice-Chancellor Prof J P Sharma today exhorted the farmers to come forward and take benefit of the agro advisories by the university for their agriculture related issues.
He was addressing the farmers while inaugurating an awareness cum input distribution programme by Agrometeorology Section of SKUAST-Jammu at village Ranjri in teshil Vijaypur of district Samba.
The Vice-Chancellor highlighted the various activities undertaken by the university for the welfare of the farmers for boosting their income from agriculture enterprises. He also distributed packets of Nano Urea and fruit plants (mango & phalsa) to the farmers.
The programme was preceded by Dr Mahender Singh, Sr Scientist and Incharge AICRPAM, who emphasized the use of weather and climate based agro-advisories in day to day agricultural activities and stressed upon the farmers to make more and more utilization in order to save the input cost of various crops by adopting forecasting rendered by Agrometeorology Section of SKUAST-J.
Dr Pardeep Wali, Director Research, SKUAST-Jammu stressed upon the farmers to adopt the new climate resilient technologies developed by SKUAST-J. He encouraged the farmers to work in a collective approach to take the maximum output from field by reducing the input used in field.
Joginder Paul Mehta, State Marketing Manager, IFFCO, J&K, who was the guest of honour in the programme, explained about the functioning by IFFCO in J&K and new products developed by the cooperative society.
Dr A P Singh, Incharge, ACRA, Rakh Dhiansar, gave detailed information about package and practices of different rabi crops and their water management techniques.
Dr V B Singh, Sr Scientist, Plant Pathology, explained in detail the weather induced diseases occurrence in horticultural and field crops and their control measures. Dr Rakesh Kumar, Incharge, RRSS, Raya emphasized on adoption of new technologies of fruit cultivation under changing climate scenario. Dr Reena, Sr Scientist (Entomology), ACRA, Dhiansar gave detailed information about bio intensive integrated pest management
Dr Charu Sharma gave detailed information on the use of weather based agro-advisories in day to day agriculture operations and stressed upon the farmers to make more and more utilization of services rendered by Agrometerology Section, SKUAST – Jammu. Dr Monika Banotra, FASAL Project, presented the vote of thanks.
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