Patiala News:To increase their income, farmers should adopt crop diversification and allied activities as per the opinion of agricultural experts – Chetan Singh Jauramajra
-30 farmers who did not burn stubble were honored at the district level farmer training camp
-Compared to previous years, fire incidents in the district have consistently decreased -ADC Mann
-Agriculture Department, Patiala, organizes district-level farmer training camp on rabi crops
-Information was given to farmers in the farmer training camp about mixing stubble with the soil instead of burning it and other arrangements
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Patiala organized a district level farmer training camp on rabi crops at K.S. Farm House, Dhakala. During this, 30 farmers who did not burn paddy stubble were honored. Samana MLA Chetan Singh Jauramajra, who arrived as the chief guest on the occasion, while inaugurating the camp, advised the farmers to increase their farm income by taking care of the crops as per the opinion of agricultural experts, adopting ancillary businesses and increasing the area under crop diversification. The MLA also motivated the farmers not to burn paddy stubble.
Farmers participated in this Kisan Mela organized under the guidance of Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudiya and under the chairmanship of Director Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department Dr. Gurjit Singh Brar and under the leadership of Patiala Chief Agriculture Officer Dr. Dara Singh.
Leading the technical session of this camp, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development) Damanjit Singh Mann appealed to the farmers to cooperate with the district administration in the coming years to avoid burning stubble. ADC Mann said that the incidents of fire in the district are continuously decreasing as compared to the previous years and in the coming years, more efforts will be made by the Agriculture Department to make maximum stubble management related agricultural machinery available through cooperative societies, groups, FPOs and individual farmers.
Chief Agriculture Officer Dr. Dara Singh motivated all the farmers to get Farmer ID, get bills from the dealers of agricultural inputs and take steps to save water. The special guest of this camp, Joint Director Agriculture (Intensive Farming) Dr. Jangir Singh appealed to the farmers to get the latest agricultural information by participating in the village level, block level and district level camps organized by the department and he shared detailed information about various schemes of the Agriculture Department with the farmers present.
In this camp, private companies and progressive farmers from the departments of agriculture, animal husbandry, dairy, fisheries, horticulture and soil and water conservation put up exhibitions related to their work, which was attended by the farmers. During the camp, KVK Rauni and Farmer Advisory Center scientists Deputy Director Dr. Hardeep Singh Sabikhi, Dr. Rajni Goyal, Dr. Gurpreet Singh and Dr. Gurpreet Kaur gave technical information to the farmers regarding rabi crops, crop diversification, and proper use of crop residues.
About 1000 farmers participated in this camp and Block Agriculture Officer Bhunarheri Dr. Mandeep Singh and all the staff thanked the farmers, officers and employees of agriculture and other departments present.