KVK scientists undertake promotional trial of flood-resistant rice variety

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DIBRUGARH: When the whole State has been badly affected by flood, causing huge loss of property and crop fields, scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Dibrugarh have been visiting farmers' fields in the district in order to provide timely and appropriate knowledge or skill to farmers.

KVK scientists Hemchandra Saikia, Chayanika Thakuria and Tilok Malakar visited flood-affected No.3 Charihabi gaon in Dibrugarh district along with an agricultural extension agent of district agricultural office, Dilip Das.

As part of continuous dissemination of improved technology in farmers' fields, KVK Dibrugarh is also undertaking timely promotional trial of Ranjit Sub-1 cultivation in the fields of flood-affected farmers of the district. KVK scientists visited their adopted village No.3 Charaihabi gaon to take stock of the environment or arrangement for the successful cultivation of this suitable flood-resistant rice variety.

While visiting the village, Chayanika Thakuria, subject matter specialist in Agronomy, advised the beneficiary farmers to transplant the Ranjit Sub-1 seedling in right time to harvest their desired output. During the farmer-scientist interaction, Hemchandra Saikia, an expert in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, said that Krishi Vigyan Kendra selected their village for cultivating Ranjit Sub-1 because their village had been affected by flood and this Ranjit Sub-1 was a very important flood-resistant high-yielding rice variety with a potential yield capacity of 6.5 to 7 ton per hectare of cultivated area and it could tolerate submergence up to 15 days, as reported by the scientists of Assam Agricultural University. He also disclosed that due to its suitability, Ranjit Sub-1 was also recommended in States like Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh in their flood-affected areas. He urged farmers to transplant 30 days old seedling of Ranjit Sub-1 by the month of July, preferably in order to obtain good harvest by effectively following all the improved methods of cultivation in right time giving more emphasis on organic way of crop cultivation as per the recommendation of agricultural scientists.

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