Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 25 2010:
A one day awareness and training programme for farmers on agriculture and allied activities of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Imphal East (Andro) was held today at KVK Farm, Andro.
Major Suvarna of 28 AR and Dr T Medhapati, Programme Coordinator, KVK, Imphal East attended the inaugural function as chief guest and president of the programme sponsored by 28 Assam Rifles.
Various resource persons talked on diverse fields of agriculture during the post lunch technical session.
Dr T Medhapati delivered a speech on the promotion of agriculture and allied activities.
Nandini Chongtham, Subject Matter Specialist (SMS) (Agronomy), KVK Imphal East, spoke on the scope of increasing crop intensity and importance of fertilizers management for the paddy plant while Dr M Thoithoi, SMS (Plant Protection) provided insights on insect-pest and disease management of field crops.
The lecture session was followed by a general discussion between participants and resource persons.
A practical demonstration was also carried out at the KVK farm.