Foreign Agro-Scientists Visits Sivasagar District

A Correspondent

JOYSAGAR: A high-level team of agro-scientists of different countries visited Sivasagar district on Tuesday as part of the Government of India’s initiative for Global Agro-Scientists Cooperation and Development of the Agro-Sector which was implemented in 2016. The team of agro-scientists reached Assam on October 4 and has been visiting various places of the State since then. Finally, the team arrived in Sivasagar. Agro-scientists from Philippines, Norway, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh visited many places of the district and took stock of various farming processes being adopted by the local farmers. They also inspected many paddy fields.

The foreign agro-scientists were accompanied by Indian scientists from Odisha, Kerala and West Bengal. The team inspected the greater Dikhowmukh, Gaurisagar, Amguri, Bharalua, Gatonga and Rupahimukh areas where the local farmers have cultivated various varieties of rice and also taken up mustard cultivation.

Besides, many agro-scientists from Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, and Assam Rice Research Centre, Titabor, also arrived in Sivasagar on Tuesday and accompanied the team. They held discussions on modern cultivation methods. The team will travel to West and South India to get an overall idea of the Indian farming systems and finally exchange their views to help Indian farmers adopt the post-modern farming culture with the help of modern agro-Scientific equipment. Earlier in the morning, the team was formally welcomed by Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner PG Jha and Sivasagar Agriculture Department Senior Scientist Dr. P. Handique and Dr. P Dutta in the Circuit House.