ICAR Nagaland Centre organized a Farmer Awareness cum Farmer-Scientist interaction programmes at Vidima village, Dimapur district on January 28.
Dimapur, January 31 (MExN): The ICAR Nagaland Centre organized a Farmer Awareness cum Farmer-Scientist interaction programmes at Vidima village, Dimapur district on January 28.
The programmes were held with the theme ‘Importance of Agromet Advisory in Agriculture and Allied sectors’ under the Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) project.
Technical Officer, AMFU Jharnapani, ICAR Nagaland Centre gave the introductory remark and apprised the participants about the activities under the GKMS project and highlighted the role of weather based agro-advisories in farm planning and efficient mobilization of farm resources more especially in the context of changing climate scenario.
She also highlighted the Meghdoot app, developed by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and ICAR, which provide location, crop and livestock specific weather based agro-advisories to the farmers. Farmers were also encouraged to utilize the service of Kisan Mobile Advisory Service and WhatsApp where SMS are sent biweekly (Tuesday and Friday) in Nagamese for contingency planning and betterment of their livelihood.
Farmers were also taught about scientific management of livestock; pest and disease management with the changing climate scenario and soil health under changing climate situation by Imtisenla Walling, (Technical Officer GKMS), Dr Christy B K Sangma (Scientist, Soil science), Dr Moanaro (KVK Dimapur) and Dr Talimoa (ICAR Medziphema).
Queries raised by the farmers during the interaction programmes were addressed by the experts.
