KVK organises ‘Farmers scientist interaction’ at Chingmelen

A “farmers scientist interaction” was organised by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Tuensang and Eleutheros Christian Society (ECS) sponsored by Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Tuensang on February 8 at Chingmelen.
The interactive session was held “Production technologies of field crops” like rice, maize, pulses etc, with special reference to post harvest, pests & diseases and soil fertility management.
A press release by KVK Tuensang, stated that in the interactive session, farmers raised various points related to their farming constraints to the panel of KVK subject experts.
Some notable recommendations proposed by the panel of experts based on the problems raised by the farmers were growing of short duration improved varieties of maize with improved soya-bean varieties and “kholar” as sequence crop which can not only increase the production but also cut down the production cost than the long duration local cultivars that engages the farmers round the year.
With regard to post harvest and storage pest in cereals and pulses, penal of experts recommended preventive measures as well as mechanical measures like insect probe traps which are very effective in reducing managing storage pests.
Under soil fertility management, the experts suggested that available resources like Azolla in TRC can be used to convert nitrogen rich compost for field application.
The experts further suggested women SHGs to take up input generation on site which can generate additional income. KVK also assured constant technology support.
The programme was chaired by assistant director ECS, Chongshen Soted, keynote address was delivered by deputy project director ATMA Tuensang, Vinoka, and the panel of experts were assistant chief technical officer (Agronomy), Tokiho Achumi, assistant chief technical officer (Soil conservation), Imtilemla and SMS (plant protection), Elisieni. Altogether 47 farmers, mostly farm women participated in the interactive session.