Dimapur, Nov. 27 (EMN): Under sub-mission on agricultural extension (SMAE), ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, government of India, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Mon, in association with SAMETI, Medziphema, and MANAGE from Hyderabad, conducted a one-week intensive skill training of rural youth (Stry) programme on “Soil conservation” from November 21 to 27th.
The inaugural programme was chaired by Dr. Paihem Michui, ACTO (Animal Science), while the invocation was pronounced by N Bendang, pastor of Ao Baptist Fellowship, Aboi, Mon, and the course director Imtinuksung, SMS (Soil Conservation) highlighted about STRY training programme, an update from KVK Mon stated.
It stated that resource persons including the course director and Ruyosu Nakro, ACTO (Extension) delivered lectures and also made power point presentations on various topics like terracing, half moon terracing, contour bunding and strip cropping, tillage practices, mulching, green manuring, and crop rotation. Besides, hands on demonstration on bamboo bunding, laying out of contour lining by using A-frame method and mulching by using paddy straw and weed substrate as measures to control soil erosion were shown.
It stated that participants were also shown videos on soil conservation measures like mulching, contour bunding, half-moon terracing, green manuring, cover crops and stripe cropping. It added that various doubts raised by the participants were also explained and clarified by the resource persons.
At the valedictory function Dr. MS Sachan, ACTO (GPB), delivered the welcome address followed by summarisation of the week-long programme by the course director. Word of appreciation was delivered by Hanna Konyak on behalf of participants.
Also speaking on the occasion, Dr. V Akashe Zhimomi, senior scientist and Head of KVK, Mon, encouraged the participants to utilise the skill and knowledge gained from the training. The programme concluded with distribution of certificates and word of thanks delivered by Bendangjungla, ACTO (GPB). Altogether, 16 rural youths participated in the programme.
