Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Mokokchung, organised activities for farmers at Yaongyimti New village, Chuchuyimlang village and Sungratsu village.
DIMAPUR — Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Chuchuyimlang block, Mokokchung, organised activities for farmers at Yaongyimti New village and Chuchuyimlang village on September 6 and the 7th, respectively.
At Yaongyimti New village, ATMA organised a farmer interaction programme for the horizontal expansion of knowledge known as Kisan Gosthi, an update stated.
Aolemla Kichu, BTM, Chuchuyimlang block, initiated the discussion hour with the farmers where numerous problems faced by the farmers were deliberated accordingly.
The farmers also shared the progress made and experiences faced by them in their farming journey. Technical knowledge was also imparted to the farmers by the ATMA staff.
On the second day at Chuchuyimlang village, a ‘Capacity building on package and practices of Cole crops,’ was conducted for Abensa Food Security Group of the village, with Abenla B Jamir, ATM, Chuchuyimlang block, as the resource person.
The farmers were enlightened on various practices of high-value winter vegetable crops such as red cabbage, broccoli, knoll khol and Chinese cabbage.
The resource person taught the farmers about maintenance of the field and various methods on how to prevent crops from getting infected by insects, pests and diseases during the cultivation of Cole crops.
Further, the farmers were also given information about the Kissan Call Center and contact details. Altogether, 35 farmers from both the villages took part in the activities.
Meanwhile, ATMA Kobulong block, Mokokchung, also conducted Kisan Gosthi at Sungratsu village on September 6, with the objective of creating awareness and providing technical know-how to the farmers on integrated pest management in cereal crops.
The farmers were enlightened about the concept of Kisan Gosthi by C Amongla Jamir, block technology manager (BTM), ATMA, an update stated.
The resource person Samuel, assistant chief technical officer (Agronomy) of KVK Tuensang, said that as long as agriculture exists, “farmers have had to stay ahead of pests in order to put food on our tables.”
“It becomes a necessity to look for new and better ways to combat pests with practices that balance growing quality crops and taking good care of the land,” Samuel said.
The resource person spoke in detail on the components of integrated pest management like identifying pest threats, monitoring and measuring against thresholds, cultural practices, mechanical methods, biological controls and pesticides.
The resource person also educated the farmers on the use of pheromone traps, neem oil and cow urine solution to control certain pests.
Further, the use of a fermented paste made of rotten crabs and frogs against ‘gundhi bug’ was also highlighted and neem oil was distributed to all the 21 farmers who attended the programme.
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