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MORIGAON: Morigaon District Agriculture Officer Arup Bora inaugurated a 'Rice Varietal Cafeteria' (RVC) under Assam Agri-Business and Rural Transformation Project (APART) at Oujari Krishi Pam in Morigaon.
RCVs are exhibitions of targeted rice varieties of a particular place and help the farmers and other stakeholders to evaluate and select a suitable variety according to their needs, which includes climate of the place, soil quality and irrigation facility. A total of 10 varieties of rice were inculcated during the RVC. DAO Arup Bora and Agriculture Officer Deepjyoti Hazarika transplanted rice seedlings with the farmers while inaugurating the programme. DAO Arup Bora said that such initiatives would surely help generate interest among the youths to take up various agricultural projects as their profession. The inaugural programme was also attended by ADO (Circle) Gourab Kashyap and Kasturi Sivam.
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