Agro scientists of KVK urge farmers to adopt improved agricultural technology

DIBRUGARH: Agro scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) lay emphasis on use of improved agro technology for more crop production.

Three scientists, Hemchandra Saikia, Chayanika Thakuria and Tilok Malakar of KVK Dibrugarh, made a visit to the No.1 Kacharipathar village of Dibrugarh district recently and demonstrated the improved technology adoption of Ranjit Sub-1high yielding variety of Sali rice in the locality. They inaugurated the transplanting ceremony of Ranjit Sub-1 in the field of Mridul Hazarika with their practical intervention and demonstration.

Speaking on the occasion, Hemchandra Saikia, an expert in Agricultural Economics and farm management, urged the farmers to adopt improved agricultural technology in crop production by cultivating more than one crop in a year and thereby enhance their production, productivity and income or profit from agriculture. In this way, in the long run they can improve and sustain their standard of living, livelihood and their economic condition. He also requested farmers to replace their rice varieties at a regular interval (after 3-4 years of cultivation) with some available high-yielding suitable rice varieties. He said that Assam Agricultural University had developed 55 high yielding varieties of rice, 7 green gram varieties, 7 black gram, 2 lentil, 8 toria, 2 sesame, 8 sugarcane, 2 jute, 2 forage and 20 vegetables for the greater interest of the farming community of Assam in particular and economy in general.

Saikia, while citing example, said that Ranjit Sub-1 and Swarna Sub-1 were now popular Sali rice varieties developed, tested and demonstrated by Assam Agricultural University, and it has the average potential yield capacity of 6.5-7.0 ton /ha (22 mun to 23 mun/bigha). Even some farmers in the district are able to harvest more than 25 mun per bigha, he added.

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