Krishi Vigyan Kendra S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) organized one week vocational training programme on "Scientific Techniques for Organic Vegetable Kitchen Gardening" at Village Dusarna, District Mohali under the NABARD sponsored project on "Promotion of organic kitchen gardening". Fifteen farmers and farm women participated in above mentioned training programme. Speaking during the training programme, Dr Parminder Singh, Associate Director (Training) highlighted importance of vegetables in human diet and encouraged farmers and farm women to adopt kitchen gardening near their household.
This training was coordinated by Dr. Munish Sharma, Assistant Professor (Horticulture), Principle Investigator (PI) of Project,. He 
delivered lectures on layout and maintenance of kitchen gardens, cultivation practices of vegetables, nursery raising and organic farming. He motivated trainees to grow seasonal vegetables for better health of their families and distributed vegetable seed kits to start sowing of winter crops. Dr. Shashipal delivered lectures on importance and methods of preparation of vermi compost, importance of farmyard manure and compost in kitchen gardening. Dr Parul Gupta delivered lectures on value addition, processing and post harvest management of various vegetables. Visits were made to demonstration fields and relevant literature was also distributed to all attendees.
