Tezpur: A two-day training on Mat type nursery and mechanical transplanting of rice was held under APART at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sonitpur. The training was attended by nearly 30 farmers of the Sonitpur district. Addressing the participants, Dr Roji Chutia, Subject Matter Specialist (Agronomy), said that mechanization was a must for today's farming and thus it could be further utilized for improving the agriculture scenario of Assam. She further stated that Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sonitpur would provide technical guidance and help to the farmers in learning new technologies of improved rice cultivation.
Rupsikha Goswami, Assistant Project Scientist of APART, welcomed the participants and advised the farmers to cultivate stress-tolerant rice varieties (STRVs) through mechanization which would further increase income of the farmers. Vivek Kumar, Specialist of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), acted as resource person for the training and guided the farmers in establishing a resource-efficient crop production system through preparation of Mat nursery and usage of mechanical rice transplanter. He also highlighted the economic benefit through adoption of such technologies.
Janmejay Biswal, Research Technician of IRRI, demonstrated the preparation of Mat nursery and mechanical transplanting in the field and explained different parts of the transplanter and their usage to the farmers. He was assisted by Goutam Borah, Rajib Lochan Sahu and Debajit Bhuyan, Research Technicians under APART during the entire programme.
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