Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Wokha, ICAR for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre conducted two days training cum frontline demonstration (FLD) programme on nutrient management through brown manuring for upland paddy (var. Bhalum-3) on March 10-12. During the programme, resource person SMS (Soil Science) Dr. Sanjay Kumar Ray informed that the brown manuring is a technique to grow dhaincha (legume crop) in standing paddy crop and kill them with the help of selective herbicide for manuring. The FLD programme on brown manuring was undertaken for one hectare area to solve the nutrient management problem for upland paddy growers at wokha districts.
Altogether 25 farmers from chukitong and yanthamo villages of wokha districts were benefited through this programme. Inputs such as dhaincha and high yielding paddy seeds was distributed to the participating farmers free of cost.
