ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal organized Hands-on Training for Farmers on Improved Agricultural Implements and Machinery under Consortia Research Platform on Farm Mechanization and Precision Farming (CRP on FMPF) during August 21-23, 2018.
During the training programme, participants were made aware about various technologies on farm mechanization and agro-processing. They were given hands on training along with demonstrations of improved agricultural technologies, necessary adjustments, repair and maintenance. Participants visited different laboratories to get exposure of different available agricultural mechanization technologies. Demonstration of operation-wise implements required for seed bed preparation, sowing/planting and transplanting, spraying, interculture as well as harvesting and threshing were given. Women friendly tools/implements, conservation agriculture machinery and bullock drawn machinery were also demonstrated. Some demonstration for covered cultivation technique, post-harvest technologies, value addition and packaging techniques for fruits and vegetables were also carried out.
Dr. K K Singh, Director, ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal, in his valedictory address, urged farmers to propagate the information gained in the training among farming community for betterment of their life. He also briefed about the importance of mechanization in eastern states for fulfilling the 2nd Green Revolution as well as Hon’ble Prime Ministers call on doubling the farmer’s income by 2022.
Total 101 farmers (including five female farmers) from Odisha (50), Bihar (36), Uttar Pradesh (13) and Madhya Pradesh (2) participated in the training.
(Source: ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal)
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