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Guru Angad Dev Veterinary And Animal Sciences University

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Growing Organic Vegetables in households is the need of the hour: KVK Experts

August 26

Krishi Vigyan Kendra S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) organized one week vocational training programme on "Organic Vegetable Kitchen Gardening" at Village Sahauran, District Mohali under the NABARD sponsored project on "Promotion of organic kitchen gardening". Twenty farm women participated in above mentioned training programme. This training was coordinated by Principle Investigator (PI) of Project, Dr. Munish Sharma, Assistant Professor (Horticulture). He delivered lectures on layout and maintenance of kitchen gardens, cultivation practices of vegetables, nursery raising and organic farming. Dr. Shashipal (Assistant Professor-Livestock production) delivered lectures on importance and methods of preparation of vermi compost, importance of farmyard manure and compost in kitchen gardening. Dr Ravipal Singh, Horticulture Development Officer, Mohali delivered lecture on various schemes of horticulture department for the benefit of vegetable growers. Mrs. Parminder Kaur Nagra District Development Manager NABARD, S.A.S. Nagar delivered lecture on various schemes of NABARD for the betterment of rural farmers and development of agriculture. She also highlighted the importance of this project during Covid -19 pandemic and interacted with women farmers and taken their feedback on the project. Visits were made to demonstration field and relevant literature was also distributed during this training. Dr Parminder Singh, Associate Director (Training) advised KVK staff to conduct more training programmes and extension activities in order to encourage farmers and farm women to enhance their income and improve livelihood by adoption of crop diversification.


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